Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2900 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 05/06/2023

                    88R24598 MP-D
 By: Leo-Wilson, et al. H.B. No. 2900


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the powers, duties, and use of funds of the Trinity Bay
 Conservation District.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Chapter 282, Acts of the 51st Legislature,
 Regular Session, 1949, is amended by adding Sections 1a and 11a to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 1a.  The District has all the rights, powers,
 privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of
 this state applicable to a conservation, reclamation, and drainage
 district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
 including Chapters 49 and 56, Water Code.
 Sec. 11a. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
 section, the District may only use funds generated by ad valorem
 taxes:
 (1)  for flood and drainage mitigation in the District;
 and
 (2)  to pay for the administrative costs of the
 District.
 (b)  The District may not commingle funds generated by ad
 valorem taxes with funds used for freshwater distribution or
 sanitary sewer collection services.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.