Bill Text: TX SB1538 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the permissible uses of the floodplain management account.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1538 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1538-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1538

AN ACT
relating to the permissible uses of the floodplain management
account.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.3161(c), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The board may use the account to fund the performance
of:
(1) the board's functions under Section 16.316; or
(2) any other activities related to:
(A) the collection and analysis of flood-related
information;
(B) flood planning, protection, mitigation, or
adaptation;
(C) the provision of flood-related information
to the public through educational or outreach programs; or
(D) evaluating the response to and mitigation of
flood incidents affecting residential property, including
multi-family units, located in floodplains.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1538 passed the Senate on
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1538 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
Nays 3, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor