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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to  | 
         
         
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            provide financial assistance from the economically distressed  | 
         
         
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            areas account that is not required to be repaid. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 17.933(c), Water Code, is amended to  | 
         
         
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            read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (c)  The total amount of financial assistance provided by the  | 
         
         
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            board to political subdivisions under this subchapter from  | 
         
         
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            state-issued bonds for which repayment is not required may not  | 
         
         
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            exceed at any time 90 [70] percent of the total principal amount of  | 
         
         
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            issued and unissued bonds authorized under Article III of the Texas  | 
         
         
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            Constitution, for purposes of this subchapter plus outstanding  | 
         
         
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            interest on those bonds. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |