| 1 | 1 | | 89R3929 SCF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 448 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to certain cost sharing requirements for a desalination |
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| 10 | 10 | | facility operating under a public-private partnership. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2267, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 2267.067 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 2267.067. COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN |
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| 15 | 15 | | QUALIFYING PROJECTS. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a |
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| 16 | 16 | | comprehensive agreement or service contract for a qualifying |
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| 17 | 17 | | project authorizing the operation of a desalination facility, |
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| 18 | 18 | | including a brackish water desalination facility, shall require a |
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| 19 | 19 | | private entity to pay at least 50 percent of the energy costs to |
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| 20 | 20 | | operate the facility. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) This section applies only after a desalination facility |
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| 22 | 22 | | charges the first customer for water produced by the facility. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 2267.067, Government Code, as added by |
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| 24 | 24 | | this Act, applies only to a comprehensive agreement or service |
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| 25 | 25 | | contract executed for a qualifying project authorizing the |
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| 26 | 26 | | operation of a desalination facility that begins charging customers |
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| 27 | 27 | | for water produced by the facility on or after the effective date of |
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| 28 | 28 | | this Act. A comprehensive agreement or service contract executed |
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| 29 | 29 | | for the operation of a desalination facility that began charging |
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| 30 | 30 | | customers for water produced by the facility before the effective |
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| 31 | 31 | | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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| 32 | 32 | | agreement or contract was entered into, and the former law is |
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| 33 | 33 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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