| 1 | 1 | | By: Zwiener H.J.R. No. 103 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of |
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| 6 | 6 | | the water infrastructure resiliency fund and the critical |
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| 7 | 7 | | infrastructure resiliency fund to assist in the financing of |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain infrastructure projects. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Section 49-d-15 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 49-d-15. (a) The water infrastructure resiliency fund |
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| 13 | 13 | | is created as a special fund in the state treasury outside the |
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| 14 | 14 | | general revenue fund. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) As provided by general law, money in the water |
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| 16 | 16 | | infrastructure resiliency fund may be administered and used, |
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| 17 | 17 | | without further appropriation, by the Texas Water Development Board |
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| 18 | 18 | | or that board's successor in function to provide financing for |
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| 19 | 19 | | weatherizing and hardening water and wastewater systems |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) Separate accounts may be established in the water |
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| 21 | 21 | | infrastructure resiliency fund as necessary to administer the fund |
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| 22 | 22 | | or authorized projects. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 24 | 24 | | adding Section 49-q to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 49-q. (a) The critical infrastructure resiliency fund |
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| 26 | 26 | | is created as a special fund in the state treasury outside the |
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| 27 | 27 | | general revenue fund. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) As provided by general law, money in the critical |
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| 29 | 29 | | infrastructure resiliency fund may be administered and used, |
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| 30 | 30 | | without further appropriation, by the Texas Division of Emergency |
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| 31 | 31 | | Management or that division's successor in function to provide |
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| 32 | 32 | | financing for: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) localized improvements to the electric grid; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) improvements at and between buildings to create |
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| 35 | 35 | | micro-grids; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) hardening lines of emergency communication; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) purchasing reserve power supply such as onsite |
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| 38 | 38 | | generation and energy storage systems necessary to sustain: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) emergency communications; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) critical medical care. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) Separate accounts may be established in the critical |
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| 42 | 42 | | infrastructure resiliency fund as necessary to administer the fund |
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| 43 | 43 | | or authorized projects. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 45 | 45 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. |
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| 46 | 46 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 47 | 47 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the |
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| 48 | 48 | | creation of the modern infrastructure fund to assist in the |
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| 49 | 49 | | financing of modern electric, transportation, and communications |
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| 50 | 50 | | infrastructure projects." |
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