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By: Leo-Wilson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) |
H.B. No. 2900 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023; |
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May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by |
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the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers, duties, and use of funds of the Trinity Bay |
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Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 282, Acts of the 51st Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1949, is amended by adding Sections 1a and 11a to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 1a. The District has all the rights, powers, |
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privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of |
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this state applicable to a conservation, reclamation, and drainage |
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district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, |
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including Chapters 49 and 56, Water Code. |
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Sec. 11a. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, the District may only use funds generated by ad valorem |
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taxes: |
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(1) for flood and drainage mitigation in the District; |
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and |
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(2) to pay for the administrative costs of the |
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District. |
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(b) The District may not commingle funds generated by ad |
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valorem taxes with funds used for freshwater distribution or |
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sanitary sewer collection services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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