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| 1 | - | By: Anderson of McLennan, et al. H.B. No. 544 | |
| 2 | - | (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) | |
| 3 | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 6, 2017; | |
| 4 | - | April 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 5 | - | Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 10, 2017, reported | |
| 6 | - | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent | |
| 7 | - | to printer.) | |
| 1 | + | H.B. No. 544 | |
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| 10 | - | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 11 | 4 | AN ACT | |
| 12 | 5 | relating to the use of the rural water assistance fund. | |
| 13 | 6 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 7 | SECTION 1. Section 15.994(c), Water Code, is amended to | |
| 15 | 8 | read as follows: | |
| 16 | 9 | (c) The board may use money in the fund to contract for | |
| 17 | 10 | outreach, financial, planning, and technical assistance to assist | |
| 18 | 11 | rural political subdivisions in obtaining and using financing from | |
| 19 | 12 | any source for a purpose described by this section [the fund]. | |
| 20 | 13 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 14 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 15 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 16 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 17 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | |
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| 18 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 19 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 20 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 544 was passed by the House on April | |
| 21 | + | 5, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not | |
| 22 | + | voting. | |
| 23 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 24 | + | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 25 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 544 was passed by the Senate on May | |
| 26 | + | 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | |
| 27 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 28 | + | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 29 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ | |
| 30 | + | Date | |
| 31 | + | _____________________ | |
| 32 | + | Governor |