Bill Text: TX SB1747 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of an infrastructure improvement council by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1747 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1747-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1747 | |
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| relating to the establishment of an infrastructure improvement | ||
| council by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1.01, Chapter 385, Acts of the 78th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding | ||
| Subdivision (4-b) to read as follows: | ||
| (4-b) "Council" means the council established under | ||
| Section 1B.01 of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 385, Acts of the 78th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Article IB to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| ARTICLE IB. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL | ||
| Sec. 1B.01. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL. (a) The | ||
| board shall establish an infrastructure improvement council in | ||
| connection with the implementation of infrastructure improvement | ||
| projects within the authority's territory. The board shall appoint | ||
| to the council only those members of the conference who pay to the | ||
| council the annual voluntary assessment under Section 1B.02. | ||
| (b) The council shall provide financial assistance, as | ||
| available, to implement infrastructure improvement projects under | ||
| this article. To be eligible for financial assistance from the | ||
| council, a project must be approved by a majority of the council | ||
| members voting on that project. | ||
| Sec. 1B.02. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT. The | ||
| board shall establish and determine the amount of an annual | ||
| voluntary assessment that may be paid to the council by members of | ||
| the conference. The money from the assessment may be used to | ||
| provide financial assistance for an infrastructure improvement | ||
| project under this article if the project is approved by a vote of | ||
| the council. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
