S.B. No. 2212
AN ACT
relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by
certain drainage districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd
Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 19 to read as
follows:
Sec. 19. (a) The District may enter into a project
partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District
and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm
Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the
United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District
enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with
the General Land Office or another state agency under this
subsection, the District:
(1) must:
(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
the proposed project; and
(B) biennially submit a report to the General
Land Office and the legislature on:
(i) expenditures of state money relating to
a project described by this subsection; and
(ii) the extent to which additional
appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
for the next biennium; and
(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private
partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial
report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be
submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires
January 1, 2021.
(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section
is built in the District, the District may accept money from any
source to:
(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
and
(2) provide local matching funds required by the
project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers.
SECTION 2. Chapter 307, Acts of the 58th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1963, is amended by adding Section 20 to read as
follows:
Sec. 20. (a) The District may enter into a project
partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District
and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm
Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the
United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District
enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with
the General Land Office or another state agency under this
subsection, the District:
(1) must:
(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
the proposed project; and
(B) biennially submit a report to the General
Land Office and the legislature on:
(i) expenditures of state money relating to
a project described by this subsection; and
(ii) the extent to which additional
appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
for the next biennium; and
(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private
partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial
report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be
submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires
January 1, 2021.
(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section
is built in the District, the District may accept money from any
source to:
(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
and
(2) provide local matching funds required by the
project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers.
SECTION 3. Chapter 44, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd
Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 14 to read as
follows:
Sec. 14. (a) The District may enter into a project
partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District
and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm
Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the
United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District
enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with
the General Land Office or another state agency under this
subsection, the District:
(1) must:
(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
the proposed project; and
(B) biennially submit a report to the General
Land Office and the legislature on:
(i) expenditures of state money relating to
a project described by this subsection; and
(ii) the extent to which additional
appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
for the next biennium; and
(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private
partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another
state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial
report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be
submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires
January 1, 2021.
(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section
is built in the District, the District may accept money from any
source to:
(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
and
(2) provide local matching funds required by the
project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2212 passed the Senate on
April 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2019, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2212 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor