Bill Text: TX HB2957 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that certain recipients of financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board adopt certain restrictions on water use by their customers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB2957 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2957-Introduced.html
86R11177 SLB-D | ||
By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 2957 |
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relating to a requirement that certain recipients of financial | ||
assistance from the Texas Water Development Board adopt certain | ||
restrictions on water use by their customers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 15, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 15.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 15.009. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; WATERING RESTRICTIONS. | ||
(a) This section applies only to financial assistance provided | ||
under this chapter: | ||
(1) for a municipal water supply project; | ||
(2) in an amount that exceeds $500,000; and | ||
(3) to an entity that: | ||
(A) is a: | ||
(i) retail public utility as defined by | ||
Section 13.002; and | ||
(ii) public entity; and | ||
(B) is not a: | ||
(i) political subdivision that is primarily | ||
a wholesale water provider; or | ||
(ii) nonprofit water supply corporation | ||
created and operating under Chapter 67. | ||
(b) The board may waive the requirements of this section for | ||
financial assistance sought to meet an emergency need. | ||
(c) Financial assistance provided under this chapter shall | ||
include conditions that require the recipient to have a water | ||
conservation program in place that includes mandatory time-of-day | ||
limitations on outdoor watering by its customers. | ||
(d) The board shall: | ||
(1) adopt rules to implement this section; and | ||
(2) provide guidance to recipients of financial | ||
assistance provided under this chapter in developing and | ||
implementing programs that meet the requirements of this section | ||
and rules adopted to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 16.025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 16.025. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; WATERING RESTRICTIONS. | ||
(a) This section applies only to financial assistance provided | ||
under this chapter: | ||
(1) for a municipal water supply project; | ||
(2) in an amount that exceeds $500,000; and | ||
(3) to an entity that: | ||
(A) is a: | ||
(i) retail public utility as defined by | ||
Section 13.002; and | ||
(ii) public entity; and | ||
(B) is not a: | ||
(i) political subdivision that is primarily | ||
a wholesale water provider; or | ||
(ii) nonprofit water supply corporation | ||
created and operating under Chapter 67. | ||
(b) The board may waive the requirements of this section for | ||
financial assistance sought to meet an emergency need. | ||
(c) Financial assistance provided under this chapter shall | ||
include conditions that require the recipient to have a water | ||
conservation program in place that includes mandatory time-of-day | ||
limitations on outdoor watering by its customers. | ||
(d) The board shall: | ||
(1) adopt rules to implement this section; and | ||
(2) provide guidance to recipients of financial | ||
assistance provided under this chapter in developing and | ||
implementing programs that meet the requirements of this section | ||
and rules adopted to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 17, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 17.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 17.004. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; WATERING RESTRICTIONS. | ||
(a) This section applies only to financial assistance provided | ||
under this chapter: | ||
(1) for a municipal water supply project; | ||
(2) in an amount that exceeds $500,000; and | ||
(3) to an entity that: | ||
(A) is a: | ||
(i) retail public utility as defined by | ||
Section 13.002; and | ||
(ii) public entity; and | ||
(B) is not a: | ||
(i) political subdivision that is primarily | ||
a wholesale water provider; or | ||
(ii) nonprofit water supply corporation | ||
created and operating under Chapter 67. | ||
(b) The board may waive the requirements of this section for | ||
financial assistance sought to meet an emergency need. | ||
(c) Financial assistance provided under this chapter shall | ||
include conditions that require the recipient to have a water | ||
conservation program in place that includes mandatory time-of-day | ||
limitations on outdoor watering by its customers. | ||
(d) The board shall: | ||
(1) adopt rules to implement this section; and | ||
(2) provide guidance to recipients of financial | ||
assistance provided under this chapter in developing and | ||
implementing programs that meet the requirements of this section | ||
and rules adopted to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the Texas Water Development Board shall adopt | ||
rules under Sections 15.009, 16.025, and 17.004, Water Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
(b) Sections 15.009, 16.025, and 17.004, Water Code, as | ||
added by this Act, apply only to an application for financial | ||
assistance submitted to the Texas Water Development Board on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |