Bill Text: TX HB3545 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of an infrastructure improvement council by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority; providing authority to impose a voluntary assessment.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3545 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3545-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3545 | ||
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| relating to the establishment of an infrastructure improvement | ||
| council by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority; providing | ||
| authority to impose a voluntary assessment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1.01, Chapter 385, Acts of the 78th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding | ||
| Subdivision (4-b) to read as follows: | ||
| (4-b) "Council" means the council established under | ||
| Section 1B.01 of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 385, Acts of the 78th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Article IB to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| ARTICLE IB. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL | ||
| Sec. 1B.01. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL. (a) The | ||
| board shall establish an infrastructure improvement council in | ||
| connection with the implementation of infrastructure improvement | ||
| projects within the authority's territory. | ||
| (b) The board shall set, according to a formula determined | ||
| by the board, an annual voluntary assessment. Revenue from the | ||
| assessment imposed under this subsection shall be deposited to the | ||
| credit of an infrastructure improvement fund to be administered by | ||
| the council. After the board sets the formula used to determine the | ||
| assessment, the assessment may be modified only by the council. | ||
| (c) A member of the conference that pays the voluntary | ||
| assessment under Subsection (b) shall appoint a representative to | ||
| serve as a member of the council. | ||
| (d) The council may apply for financial assistance under | ||
| Subchapters G and H, Chapter 15, Water Code, and may implement | ||
| infrastructure improvement projects approved by the council under | ||
| this article. | ||
| (e) The council shall study the viability of each | ||
| infrastructure improvement project requested by council members to | ||
| determine whether an infrastructure improvement project is | ||
| eligible to receive financial assistance from the council. | ||
| (f) Only members of the council are eligible to receive | ||
| financial assistance from the council for infrastructure | ||
| improvement projects under this article. | ||
| (g) The council shall establish procedures to govern the | ||
| council. | ||
| (h) The council may: | ||
| (1) hire employees to implement this section; and | ||
| (2) engage in infrastructure improvement projects | ||
| without board approval. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3545 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 3545 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 7, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3545 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
