H.B. No. 2900
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the House on May 6,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 15, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor