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1		-	S.B. No. 2212
	1	+	By: Taylor S.B. No. 2212
	2	+	(Paul, Phelan, Deshotel)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by
6	8		certain drainage districts.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd
9	11		Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 19 to read as
10	12		follows:
11	13		Sec. 19. (a) The District may enter into a project
12	14		partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
13		-	Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
14		-	state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District
15		-	and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm
16		-	Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the
17		-	United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District
18		-	enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with
19		-	the General Land Office or another state agency under this
20		-	subsection, the District:
	15	+	Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
	16	+	listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm Risk
	17	+	Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
	18	+	States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
	19	+	into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
	20	+	District:
21	21		(1) must:
22	22		(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
23	23		the proposed project; and
24	24		(B) biennially submit a report to the General
25	25		Land Office and the legislature on:
26	26		(i) expenditures of state money relating to
27	27		a project described by this subsection; and
28	28		(ii) the extent to which additional
29	29		appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
30	30		for the next biennium; and
31		-	(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private
32		-	partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
33		-	and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
	31	+	(2) may enter into an agreement:
	32	+	(A) for a public-private partnership to fund a
	33	+	local share of or the costs of the operation and maintenance of a
	34	+	project described by this subsection; or
	35	+	(B) with the General Land Office to obtain
	36	+	funding for a local match requirement or the operation and
	37	+	maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
34	38		(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
35		-	agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
36		-	state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial
37		-	report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be
38		-	submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires
39		-	January 1, 2021.
40		-	(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section
41		-	is built in the District, the District may accept money from any
42		-	source to:
	39	+	agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
	40	+	report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
	41	+	later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
	42	+	2021.
	43	+	(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
	44	+	District, the District may accept money from any source to:
43	45		(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
44	46		and
45	47		(2) provide local matching funds required by the
46	48		project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
47	49		Engineers.
48	50		SECTION 2. Chapter 307, Acts of the 58th Legislature,
49	51		Regular Session, 1963, is amended by adding Section 20 to read as
50	52		follows:
51	53		Sec. 20. (a) The District may enter into a project
52	54		partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
53		-	Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
54		-	state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District
55		-	and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm
56		-	Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the
57		-	United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District
58		-	enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with
59		-	the General Land Office or another state agency under this
60		-	subsection, the District:
	55	+	Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
	56	+	listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm Risk
	57	+	Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
	58	+	States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
	59	+	into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
	60	+	District:
61	61		(1) must:
62	62		(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
63	63		the proposed project; and
64	64		(B) biennially submit a report to the General
65	65		Land Office and the legislature on:
66	66		(i) expenditures of state money relating to
67	67		a project described by this subsection; and
68	68		(ii) the extent to which additional
69	69		appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
70	70		for the next biennium; and
71		-	(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private
72		-	partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
73		-	and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
	71	+	(2) may enter into an agreement:
	72	+	(A) for a public-private partnership to fund a
	73	+	local share of or the costs of the operation and maintenance of a
	74	+	project described by this subsection; or
	75	+	(B) with the General Land Office to obtain
	76	+	funding for a local match requirement or the operation and
	77	+	maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
74	78		(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
75		-	agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
76		-	state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial
77		-	report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be
78		-	submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires
79		-	January 1, 2021.
80		-	(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section
81		-	is built in the District, the District may accept money from any
82		-	source to:
	79	+	agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
	80	+	report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
	81	+	later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
	82	+	2021.
	83	+	(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
	84	+	District, the District may accept money from any source to:
83	85		(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
84	86		and
85	87		(2) provide local matching funds required by the
86	88		project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
87	89		Engineers.
88	90		SECTION 3. Chapter 44, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd
89	91		Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 14 to read as
90	92		follows:
91	93		Sec. 14. (a) The District may enter into a project
92	94		partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
93		-	Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
94		-	state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District
95		-	and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm
96		-	Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the
97		-	United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District
98		-	enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with
99		-	the General Land Office or another state agency under this
100		-	subsection, the District:
	95	+	Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
	96	+	listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm Risk
	97	+	Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
	98	+	States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
	99	+	into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
	100	+	District:
101	101		(1) must:
102	102		(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
103	103		the proposed project; and
104	104		(B) biennially submit a report to the General
105	105		Land Office and the legislature on:
106	106		(i) expenditures of state money relating to
107	107		a project described by this subsection; and
108	108		(ii) the extent to which additional
109	109		appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
110	110		for the next biennium; and
111		-	(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private
112		-	partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
113		-	and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
	111	+	(2) may enter into an agreement:
	112	+	(A) for a public-private partnership to fund a
	113	+	local share of or the costs of the operation and maintenance of a
	114	+	project described by this subsection; or
	115	+	(B) with the General Land Office to obtain
	116	+	funding for a local match requirement or the operation and
	117	+	maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
114	118		(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
115		-	agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
116		-	state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial
117		-	report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be
118		-	submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires
119		-	January 1, 2021.
120		-	(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section
121		-	is built in the District, the District may accept money from any
122		-	source to:
	119	+	agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
	120	+	report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
	121	+	later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
	122	+	2021.
	123	+	(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
	124	+	District, the District may accept money from any source to:
123	125		(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
124	126		and
125	127		(2) provide local matching funds required by the
126	128		project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
127	129		Engineers.
128	130		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
129		-	______________________________ ______________________________
130		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
131		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2212 passed the Senate on
132		-	April 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
133		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2019, by the
134		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
135		-	______________________________
136		-	Secretary of the Senate
137		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2212 passed the House, with
138		-	amendment, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
139		-	Nays 0, one present not voting.
140		-	______________________________
141		-	Chief Clerk of the House
142		-	Approved:
143		-	______________________________
144		-	Date
145		-	______________________________
146		-	Governor