By: Sparks S.B. No. 971
(In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2025; February 13, 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 definition of a rural political subdivision for
purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 15.001(14), Water Code, as added by
Chapter 1064 (S.B. 469), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2023, is repealed.
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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