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| 1 | 1 | 89R14668 JAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2591 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Development | |
| 10 | 10 | Board may use money in the economically distressed areas account. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 17.922(a), Water Code, is amended to | |
| 13 | 13 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) The board shall use the economically distressed areas | |
| 15 | 15 | account to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions | |
| 16 | 16 | for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of water supply | |
| 17 | 17 | and sewer services, including providing funds from the account for: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) the state's participation in federal programs that | |
| 19 | 19 | provide assistance solely for projects intended to serve | |
| 20 | 20 | economically distressed areas; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) costs associated with platting or replatting an | |
| 22 | 22 | area in preparation for connecting the area to a public water supply | |
| 23 | 23 | or sanitary sewer system if the area to be platted or replatted was | |
| 24 | 24 | developed before the model rules were adopted by the board under | |
| 25 | 25 | Section 16.343. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |