Bill Text: TX SB469 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain political subdivisions to receive certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Water Development Board.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB469 Detail]

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  By: Springer  S.B. No. 469
         (In the Senate - Filed January 13, 2023; February 17, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture &
  Rural Affairs; April 18, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  April 18, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 469 By:  Hancock
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the eligibility of certain political subdivisions to
  receive certain financial assistance administered by the Texas
  Water Development Board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 15.001, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subdivision (14) to read as follows:
               (14)  "Rural political subdivision" means: 
                     (A)  a nonprofit water supply or sewer service
  corporation created and operating under Chapter 67 of this code or a
  district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or
  Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, no part of the service
  area of which is located in an urban area with a population of more
  than 50,000; 
                     (B)  a municipality: 
                           (i)  with a population of 10,000 or less part
  of the service area of which is located in an urban area with a
  population of 50,000 or more; or 
                           (ii)  located wholly in a county in which no
  urban area has a population of more than 50,000;
                     (C)  a county in which no urban area has a
  population of more than 50,000; or 
                     (D)  an entity that:
                           (i)  is a nonprofit water supply or sewer
  service corporation created and operating under Chapter 67 of this
  code, a district or authority created under Section 52, Article
  III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a
  municipality, county, or other political subdivision of the state,
  or an interstate compact commission to which the state is a party;
  and
                           (ii)  demonstrates in a manner satisfactory
  to the board that the entity is rural or the area to be served by the
  project is a wholly rural area despite not otherwise qualifying
  under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C). 
         SECTION 2.  Section 15.434(b), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Of the money disbursed from the fund during the
  five-year period between the adoption of a state water plan and the
  adoption of a new plan, the board shall undertake to apply not less
  than:
               (1)  10 percent to support projects described by
  Section 15.435 that are for:
                     (A)  rural political subdivisions [as defined by
  Section 15.992]; or
                     (B)  agricultural water conservation; and
               (2)  20 percent to support projects described by
  Section 15.435, including agricultural irrigation projects, that
  are designed for water conservation or reuse.
         SECTION 3.  Section 17.001, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subdivision (26) to read as follows:
               (26)  "Rural political subdivision" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 15.001.
         SECTION 4.  Section 17.9615(a), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The board may direct the comptroller to transfer amounts
  from the financial assistance account to the rural water assistance
  fund to provide financial assistance to rural political
  subdivisions under this subchapter for the purposes provided in
  Section 15.994.
         SECTION 5.  Section 15.992(4), Water Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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