Relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.

89(R) HB 3781 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R23710 JAM-F

By: McLaughlin

H.B. No. 3781

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3781:

By: Martinez

C.S.H.B. No. 3781

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Texas

Water Development Board for the development of certain projects in

economically distressed areas.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 16.343, Water Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h)

For purposes of Subsection (g), the board may consider

an application for funds under Subchapter K, Chapter 17, if the

application is for a water supply or sewer service project that:

(1)

is located in an area in which the model rules

adopted by the board under this section are enforced; and

(2)

will serve a community that is not in compliance

with the model rules because the community:

(A)

was developed before the model rules were

adopted by the board under this section; and

(B)

has not been platted in accordance with the

model rules adopted by the board under this section.

SECTION 2. Section 17.927, Water Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e)

For purposes of Subsection (b)(6), the board may provide

financial assistance under this subchapter to a political

subdivision for a water supply or sewer service project that:

(1)

is located in an area in which the model rules

adopted by the board under Section 16.343 are enforced; and

(2)

will serve a community that is not in compliance

with the model rules because the community:

(A)

was developed before the model rules were

adopted by the board under that section; and

(B)

has not been platted in accordance with the

model rules adopted by the board under that section.

SECTION 3. 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.