By: Turner of Dallas H.B. No. 2031
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a statewide water conservation public awareness
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.401, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 16.401. STATEWIDE WATER CONSERVATION PUBLIC AWARENESS
PROGRAM. (a) Using funds specifically appropriated for the
purpose of the program or other funds available to the agency for
that purpose, available federal funds, or other funds received as
authorized by Subsection (b), the [The] executive administrator
shall develop and implement a statewide water conservation public
awareness program to educate residents of this state about water
conservation. The program shall take into account the differences
in water conservation needs of various geographic regions of the
state and shall be designed to complement and support existing
local and regional water conservation programs.
(b) The executive administrator is authorized to accept
grants and donations to develop and implement the program required
by Subsection (a)[required to develop and implement the program
required by Subsection (a) in a state fiscal biennium only if the
legislature appropriates sufficient money in that biennium
specifically for that purpose].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.