S.B. No. 2312 AN ACT relating to eligibility for funds from the water infrastructure fund from the Texas Water Development Board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 15.971, Water Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) "Eligible political subdivision" means a city, county, district, or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including a groundwater district with a groundwater management plan certified by the board under Section 36.1072, any other political subdivision of the state, any interstate compact commission to which the state is a party, and any nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Chapter 67[: [(A) a municipality; [(B) a county; [(C) a river authority or special law district that is listed in Section 9.010(b); [(D) a water improvement district; [(E) an irrigation district; [(F) a water control and improvement district; and [(G) a groundwater district with a groundwater management plan certified by the board under Section 36.1072]. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2312 passed the Senate on April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2312 passed the House on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor