2009S0357-1 02/12/09
By: Averitt S.B. No. 2314
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of the Clean Water State Revolving
Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 15.604, Water Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The board shall adopt rules specifying the manner in
which any additional state revolving fund hereafter established by
the board or any special capitalization grant under the state water
pollution control revolving fund, the safe drinking water revolving
fund, or other revolving fund established by the board may be used
to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants [political
subdivisions] for public works. Such rules shall require financial
assistance to be provided for the purpose or purposes and on the
terms authorized by the federal legislation or federal agency
program under which the additional state revolving fund was
established or the special capitalization grant was awarded.
SECTION 2. Section 15.605, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 15.605. RULES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection
(b), the [The] board shall adopt necessary rules to carry out this
subchapter in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code.
(b) If the board determines that rules necessary for
compliance with the terms of any special capitalization grant or
other federal funding must be adopted more expeditiously than
authorized under Chapter 2001, Government Code, the board may
proceed with the immediate adoption of rules by posting notice at
least 72 hours before the meeting to adopt the rules. Rules adopted
under this subsection become void if the board does not readopt the
rules in compliance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, on or
before the 180th day after the date of the immediate adoption.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.