By: Jetton (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 2508
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;
  May 4, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
  Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 12, 2023, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 12, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the disbursement of money by a levee improvement
  district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 57, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 57.178 to read as follows:
         Sec. 57.178.  DISBURSEMENT OF DISTRICT MONEY. The board by
  resolution may allow:
               (1)  a bank in which the district deposits money to sign
  disbursements;
               (2)  the disbursement of district money to be
  transferred by Automated Clearing House (ACH); and
               (3)  the wire or electronic transfer of district money
  to vendors or other authorized accounts not in the name of the
  district.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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