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1	1	By: Seliger S.B. No. 370
2	2	(Ritter)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to
8	8	provide financial assistance for certain projects if the applicant
9	9	has failed to complete a request for information relevant to the
10	10	project.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 15.975, Water Code, is amended by adding
13	13	Subsection (d) to read as follows:
14	14	(d) The board may not approve an application if the
15	15	applicant has failed to satisfactorily complete a request by the
16	16	executive administrator or a regional planning group for
17	17	information relevant to the project, including a water
18	18	infrastructure financing survey under Section 16.053(q).
19	19	SECTION 2. Section 15.912, Water Code, is amended to read as
20	20	follows:
21	21	Sec. 15.912. CONSIDERATIONS IN ACTING ON APPLICATION.
22	22	(a) In acting on an application for financial assistance, the
23	23	board shall consider:
24	24	(1) the needs of the area to be served by the project
25	25	and the benefit of the project to the area in relation to the needs
26	26	of other areas requiring state assistance in any manner and the
27	27	benefits of those projects to the other areas;
28	28	(2) the availability of revenue to the political
29	29	subdivision or water supply corporation from all sources for any
30	30	necessary repayment of the cost of the project, including all
31	31	interest;
32	32	(3) the relationship of the project to overall
33	33	statewide needs; and
34	34	(4) any other factors that the board considers
35	35	relevant.
36	36	(b) The board may not accept an application for a loan or
37	37	grant of financial assistance from the fund for a project
38	38	recommended through the state and regional water planning processes
39	39	under Sections 16.051 and 16.053 if the applicant has failed to
40	40	satisfactorily complete a request by the executive administrator or
41	41	a regional planning group for information relevant to the project,
42	42	including a water infrastructure financing survey under Section
43	43	16.053(q).
44	44	SECTION 3. Section 16.131, Water Code, is amended to read as
45	45	follows:
46	46	Sec. 16.131. AUTHORIZED PROJECTS. (a) The board may use
47	47	the state participation account of the development fund to
48	48	encourage optimum regional development of projects including the
49	49	design, acquisition, lease, construction, reconstruction,
50	50	development, or enlargement in whole or part of:
51	51	(1) reservoirs and storm water retention basins for
52	52	water supply, flood protection, and groundwater recharge;
53	53	(2) facilities for the transmission and treatment of
54	54	water; and
55	55	(3) treatment works as defined by Section 17.001 [of
56	56	this code].
57	57	(b) The board may not use the state participation account of
58	58	the development fund to finance a project recommended through the
59	59	state and regional water planning processes under Sections 16.051
60	60	and 16.053 if the applicant has failed to satisfactorily complete a
61	61	request by the executive administrator or a regional planning group
62	62	for information relevant to the project, including a water
63	63	infrastructure financing survey under Section 16.053(q).
64	64	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
65	65	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
66	66	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
67	67	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
68	68	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.