Bill Text: TX HB4818 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for certain projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB4818 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4818-Introduced.html
88R15783 JAM-D | ||
By: Martinez | H.B. No. 4818 |
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relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Texas | ||
Water Development Board for certain projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 17, Water Code, is amended | ||
by amending Section 17.121 and adding Section 17.1215 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 17.121. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. The water supply | ||
account may be used by the board to provide financial assistance, | ||
including grants, to political subdivisions for the construction, | ||
acquisition, or improvement of water supply projects, including | ||
those projects initiated for the sole purpose of conservation as | ||
defined in Section 17.001(23)(B) of this code. | ||
Sec. 17.1215. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The board may provide | ||
grants under this subchapter to a political subdivision, including | ||
a drainage district established under Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution, for the construction, acquisition, or | ||
improvement of water supply projects, including projects that | ||
contain a flood control component. | ||
(b) The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement this | ||
section, including rules establishing eligibility requirements for | ||
the use of grants provided under this section. Eligibility | ||
requirements established under this section may not disqualify a | ||
drainage district from receiving a grant because the district does | ||
not: | ||
(1) have historical data about water use; | ||
(2) provide retail water service to consumers; or | ||
(3) have a certificate of convenience and necessity | ||
under which it provides retail water or wastewater service. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |