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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of an infrastructure improvement |
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council by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1.01, Chapter 385, Acts of the 78th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding |
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Subdivision (4-b) to read as follows: |
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(4-b) "Council" means the council established under |
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Section 1B.01 of this Act. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 385, Acts of the 78th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Article IB to read as |
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follows: |
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ARTICLE IB. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL |
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Sec. 1B.01. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL. (a) The |
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board shall establish an infrastructure improvement council in |
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connection with the implementation of infrastructure improvement |
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projects within the authority's territory. The board shall appoint |
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to the council only those members of the conference who pay to the |
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council the annual voluntary assessment under Section 1B.02. |
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(b) The council shall provide financial assistance, as |
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available, to implement infrastructure improvement projects under |
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this article. To be eligible for financial assistance from the |
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council, a project must be approved by a majority of the council |
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members voting on that project. |
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Sec. 1B.02. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT. The |
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board shall establish and determine the amount of an annual |
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voluntary assessment that may be paid to the council by members of |
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the conference. The money from the assessment may be used to |
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provide financial assistance for an infrastructure improvement |
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project under this article if the project is approved by a vote of |
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the council. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |