Bill Text: TX HB2240 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that certain recipients of financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board adopt certain restrictions on water use by their customers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2240 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2240-Introduced.html
| 85R7356 SLB-D | ||
| By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 2240 | |
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| relating to a requirement that certain recipients of financial | ||
| assistance from the Texas Water Development Board adopt certain | ||
| restrictions on water use by their customers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 15, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 15.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 15.009. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; WATERING RESTRICTIONS. | ||
| (a) This section applies only to financial assistance provided | ||
| under this chapter: | ||
| (1) for a municipal water supply project; | ||
| (2) in an amount that exceeds $500,000; and | ||
| (3) to an entity that: | ||
| (A) is a: | ||
| (i) retail public utility as defined by | ||
| Section 13.002; and | ||
| (ii) public entity; and | ||
| (B) is not a: | ||
| (i) political subdivision that is primarily | ||
| a wholesale water provider; or | ||
| (ii) nonprofit water supply corporation | ||
| created and operating under Chapter 67. | ||
| (b) The board may waive the requirements of this section for | ||
| financial assistance sought to meet an emergency need. | ||
| (c) Financial assistance provided under this chapter shall | ||
| include conditions that require the recipient to have a water | ||
| conservation program in place that includes enforceable | ||
| time-of-day limitations on outdoor watering by its customers. | ||
| (d) The board shall: | ||
| (1) adopt rules to implement this section; and | ||
| (2) provide guidance to recipients of financial | ||
| assistance provided under this chapter in developing and | ||
| implementing programs that meet the requirements of this section | ||
| and rules adopted to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 16.025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 16.025. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; WATERING RESTRICTIONS. | ||
| (a) This section applies only to financial assistance provided | ||
| under this chapter: | ||
| (1) for a municipal water supply project; | ||
| (2) in an amount that exceeds $500,000; and | ||
| (3) to an entity that: | ||
| (A) is a: | ||
| (i) retail public utility as defined by | ||
| Section 13.002; and | ||
| (ii) public entity; and | ||
| (B) is not a: | ||
| (i) political subdivision that is primarily | ||
| a wholesale water provider; or | ||
| (ii) nonprofit water supply corporation | ||
| created and operating under Chapter 67. | ||
| (b) The board may waive the requirements of this section for | ||
| financial assistance sought to meet an emergency need. | ||
| (c) Financial assistance provided under this chapter shall | ||
| include conditions that require the recipient to have a water | ||
| conservation program in place that includes enforceable | ||
| time-of-day limitations on outdoor watering by its customers. | ||
| (d) The board shall: | ||
| (1) adopt rules to implement this section; and | ||
| (2) provide guidance to recipients of financial | ||
| assistance provided under this chapter in developing and | ||
| implementing programs that meet the requirements of this section | ||
| and rules adopted to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 17, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 17.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 17.004. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; WATERING RESTRICTIONS. | ||
| (a) This section applies only to financial assistance provided | ||
| under this chapter: | ||
| (1) for a municipal water supply project; | ||
| (2) in an amount that exceeds $500,000; and | ||
| (3) to an entity that: | ||
| (A) is a: | ||
| (i) retail public utility as defined by | ||
| Section 13.002; and | ||
| (ii) public entity; and | ||
| (B) is not a: | ||
| (i) political subdivision that is primarily | ||
| a wholesale water provider; or | ||
| (ii) nonprofit water supply corporation | ||
| created and operating under Chapter 67. | ||
| (b) The board may waive the requirements of this section for | ||
| financial assistance sought to meet an emergency need. | ||
| (c) Financial assistance provided under this chapter shall | ||
| include conditions that require the recipient to have a water | ||
| conservation program in place that includes enforceable | ||
| time-of-day limitations on outdoor watering by its customers. | ||
| (d) The board shall: | ||
| (1) adopt rules to implement this section; and | ||
| (2) provide guidance to recipients of financial | ||
| assistance provided under this chapter in developing and | ||
| implementing programs that meet the requirements of this section | ||
| and rules adopted to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 4. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
| date of this Act, the Texas Water Development Board shall adopt | ||
| rules under Sections 15.009, 16.025, and 17.004, Water Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| (b) Sections 15.009, 16.025, and 17.004, Water Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, apply only to an application for financial | ||
| assistance submitted to the Texas Water Development Board on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
