83R8935 JTS-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 2290
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the retention of a portion of money received by a local
government to implement a supplemental environmental project.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.067, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The commission may allow a local government that
receives money to implement a supplemental environmental project
under this section to retain a portion of the money, not to exceed
10 percent of the amount received, for administrative costs
associated with implementing the project. In making the
determination, the commission shall solicit the input of the Texas
Association of Resource Conservation and Development Areas, Inc.,
as to whether the amount is justified.
SECTION 2. Section 7.067(c), Water Code, as added by this
Act, applies to money received by a local government under Section
7.067, Water Code, regardless of whether the money was received on,
before, or after the effective date of this Act.
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, 2013.