H.R. No. 2959
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 2374 (financial assistance by
the Texas Water Development Board for the connection of residences
in economically distressed areas to public water supply and
sanitary sewer systems) to consider and take action on the
following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either
the house or senate version of the bill in SECTION 1 of the bill, in
added Section 17.9225(c), Water Code, to read as follows:
If the board determines that a resident to whom assistance has been
provided is ineligible to receive the assistance, the board may
seek reimbursement from the resident.
Explanation: The addition of text is necessary to allow the
Texas Water Development Board to recover funds provided to
ineligible recipients of financial assistance.
Guillen
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2959 was adopted by the House on May
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 89, Nays 49, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House