Bill Amendment: TX HB2000 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the funding of projects by the Texas Water Development Board to promote utility reliability, resiliency, efficiency, conservation, and demand reduction; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.

Status: 2021-05-05 - Received from the House [HB2000 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2000-House_Amendment_H_2_8-Reynolds.html

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Amend CSHB 2000 (house committee report) as follows:

On page 14, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

Sec. 202.0051.  ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY AND JUSTICE REVIEW BOARD. (a) The Environmental Resiliency and Justice Review Board is established. The review board is composed of the following members appointed by the advisory committee:

(1)  five members from grassroots or faith-based community organizations; and

(2)  10 members from public health, environmental, and civil rights organizations, academia, large and small businesses, local government officials, and organized labor.

(b)  The review board shall meet at least four times each year and select a presiding officer from its membership.

(c)  The review board shall advise the advisory committee at a public hearing about issues related to environmental resiliency and justice as they relate to the uses of the fund authorized under Section 202.003 and any funding plans developed under Section 202.010.

(d)  Not later than April 1, 2022, the advisory committee shall appoint the members of the Environmental Resiliency and Justice Review Board.