By: Perry, Cook S.B. No. 480
(In the Senate - Filed November 22, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and
Rural Affairs; March 4, 2025, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 4, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a local government to enter into an
interlocal contract with certain governmental entities to
participate in water research or planning activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 791.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 791.038. CONTRACTS FOR WATER RESEARCH OR PLANNING. A
local government may contract with another local government, the
state, or the federal government to jointly participate in research
or planning activities related to water resources.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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