88R14573 KBB-D
 
  By: González of El Paso, Guillen, Murr, H.B. No. 3522
      Lopez of Cameron, Gamez
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to
  provide financial assistance from the economically distressed
  areas account that is not required to be repaid.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 17.933(c), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The total amount of financial assistance provided by the
  board to political subdivisions under this subchapter from
  state-issued bonds for which repayment is not required may not
  exceed at any time 90 [70] percent of the total principal amount of
  issued and unissued bonds authorized under Article III of the Texas
  Constitution, for purposes of this subchapter plus outstanding
  interest on those bonds.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.