By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1574
(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2019; March 14, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Water & Rural Affairs;
March 27, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 0; March 27, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of the Texas Water Development Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.590(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The committee shall:
(1) review the progress of colonia water and
wastewater infrastructure projects managed by the Texas Water
Development Board and the state agency responsible for
administering the portion of the federal community development
block grant nonentitlement program that addresses the
infrastructure needs of colonias;
(2) present an update and make recommendations to the
board and the Texas Water Development Board annually at a [the]
joint meeting [required by Section 6.060(d), Water Code,]
regarding:
(A) efforts to ensure that colonia residents are
connected to the infrastructure funded by state agencies;
(B) the financial, managerial, and technical
capabilities of project owners and operators;
(C) the agencies' management of their colonia
programs and the effectiveness of their policies regarding
underperforming projects; and
(D) any other issues related to the effect of
state-managed infrastructure programs on colonia residents;
(3) review public comments regarding the colonia needs
assessment incorporated into the state low income housing plan
under Section 2306.0721; and
(4) based on the public comments reviewed under
Subdivision (3), recommend to the board new colonia programs or
improvements to existing colonia programs.
SECTION 2. Sections 6.060(d), 16.022, and 17.1245(b), Water
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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