By: Watson S.B. No. 1538
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2017; March 21, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural
Affairs; April 6, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 6, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the permissible uses of the floodplain management
account.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.3161(c), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The board may use the account to fund the performance
of:
(1) the board's functions under Section 16.316; or
(2) any other activities related to:
(A) the collection and analysis of flood-related
information;
(B) flood planning, protection, mitigation, or
adaptation; or
(C) the provision of flood-related information
to the public through educational or outreach programs.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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