Bill Text: TX HB544 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of the rural water assistance fund.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [HB544 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB544-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 544 |
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relating to the use of the rural water assistance fund. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 15.994(c), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The board may use money in the fund to contract for | ||
outreach, financial, planning, and technical assistance to assist | ||
rural political subdivisions in obtaining and using financing from | ||
any source for a purpose described by this section [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 544 was passed by the House on April | ||
5, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 544 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |