S.B. No. 1538 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; (C) the provision of flood-related information to the public through educational or outreach programs; or (D) evaluating the response to and mitigation of flood incidents affecting residential property, including multi-family units, located in floodplains. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1538 passed the Senate on April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1538 passed the House, with amendment, on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3, one present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor