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