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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the |
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flood infrastructure fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 15.531(2), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(2) "Flood project" means a drainage, flood |
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mitigation, or flood control project, including: |
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(A) planning and design activities; |
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(B) work to obtain regulatory approval to provide |
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nonstructural and structural flood mitigation and drainage; |
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(C) construction of structural flood mitigation |
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and drainage infrastructure; [and] |
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(D) construction and implementation of |
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nonstructural projects, including projects that use nature-based |
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features to protect, mitigate, or reduce flood risk; and |
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(E) construction of multi-purpose flood |
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mitigation and drainage infrastructure projects that control, |
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divert, capture, or impound floodwater, stormwater, agricultural |
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runoff water, or treated wastewater effluent and treat and |
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distribute the water for the purpose of creating an additional |
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source of water supply. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |