SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 15.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. (3) "Executive administrator" means the...
- Texas Section 15.002 - Purpose
(a) The legislature finds that it is in the public interest and to the benefit of the general public of the state to encourage and...
- Texas Section 15.003 - Power To Define Purposes
The board, by rule, may define in greater detail the purposes enumerated in Section 15.002. Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102,...
- Texas Section 15.004 - Transbasin Diversion
Money on deposit in a fund created under Article III, Section 49-d-3, of the Texas Constitution shall not be used to finance or in aid...
- Texas Section 15.005 - Consideration Of Certain Applications
(a) On submission of a project application under this chapter, the executive administrator shall determine if the application includes a project that will have flood...
- Texas Section 15.006 - Open Meetings And Open Records Laws
Nonprofit water supply corporations which receive any assistance under this chapter are subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, and to Chapter 552, Government Code. Added...
- Texas Section 15.007 - Considerations For Certain Financial Assistance
(a) If financial assistance is provided under Subchapter C or J of this chapter, any waste treatment facility to be financed under the application must...
SUBCHAPTER B WATER ASSISTANCE FUND
- Texas Section 15.008 - Grant Standards
The law regarding uniform grants and contract management, Chapter 783, Government Code, does not apply to a contract under Subchapter F, H, K, or P,...
- Texas Section 15.011 - Water Assistance Fund
(a) The water assistance fund is created and shall be administered by the board under this chapter and rules adopted by the board. (b) After...
SUBCHAPTER C WATER LOAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
- Texas Section 15.012 - Management Of Fund
(a) The board may invest, reinvest, and direct the investment of money accumulated in the fund. (b) Money appropriated by the legislature to the fund...
- Texas Section 15.101 - Water Loan Assistance Fund
(a) The water loan assistance fund is created, to be funded by direct appropriation and by the board at its discretion from the fund. (b)...
- Texas Section 15.102 - Financial Assistance
(a) The loan fund may be used by the board to provide loans of financial assistance to political subdivisions, federal agencies, or both political subdivisions...
- Texas Section 15.103 - Application For Assistance
(a) In an application to the board for financial assistance from the loan fund, the applicant shall include: (1) the name of each political subdivision...
- Texas Section 15.104 - Findings Regarding Permits
(a) The board shall not release funds for the construction of that portion of a project that proposes surface water or groundwater development until the...
- Texas Section 15.105 - Considerations In Passing On Application
(a) In passing on an application for financial assistance from the loan fund, the board shall consider but is not limited to: (1) the needs...
- Texas Section 15.106 - Approval Of Application
(a) The board, by resolution, may approve an application for financial assistance if after considering the factors listed in Section 15.105 of this code and...
- Texas Section 15.107 - Method Of Making Financial Assistance Available
(a) The board may make financial assistance available to successful applicants in any manner that it considers economically feasible including: (1) contracts or agreements with...
- Texas Section 15.1071 - Sale Of Political Subdivision Bonds To Texas Water Resources Finance Authority
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board may sell to the Texas Water Resources Finance Authority any political subdivision bonds purchased with...
- Texas Section 15.108 - Recommendations For Funding By Legislature
(a) If money is not available in the fund to provide money for projects approved under this subchapter, the board shall prepare and submit with...
- Texas Section 15.109 - Delivery Of Loans Of Financial Assistance
(a) As money becomes available in the loan fund, the board shall deliver the funds under the approved applications. (b) The board shall deliver money...
- Texas Section 15.110 - Requirements For Political Subdivisions And Federal Agencies
(a) Subject only to constitutional limitations, all contracting political subdivisions may issue and execute those bonds, notes, or other obligations necessary to conform to and...
- Texas Section 15.111 - Approval And Registration
The board shall not contract for the payment of the principal of or interest on or both the principal of and interest on any bonds...
- Texas Section 15.112 - Contracts Incontestable
Contracts entered into by the board for the payment of the principal of or interest on or both the principal of and interest on bonds...
- Texas Section 15.113 - Inspection Of Projects
(a) The board may inspect the construction of a project any time to assure that: (1) the contractor is substantially complying with the approved engineering...
- Texas Section 15.114 - Alteration Of Plans
After approval of engineering plans, a political subdivision or federal agency shall not make any substantial or material alteration in the plans unless the executive...
- Texas Section 15.115 - Certificate Of Approval
The executive administrator may consider the following as grounds for refusal to give a certificate of approval for any construction contract: (1) failure to construct...
SUBCHAPTER D WATER BOND INSURANCE PROGRAM
- Texas Section 15.116 - Sale Of Bonds By The Board
The board may sell or dispose of bonds or other obligations purchased with money in the water loan assistance fund. Added by Acts 1987, 70th...
- Texas Section 15.201 - Definitions
(a) In this subchapter: (1) "Program" means the water bond insurance program. (2) "Bonds" means bonds or other obligations of a political subdivision or water...
- Texas Section 15.202 - Creation And Administration Of Program
(a) The water bond insurance program is created pursuant to Article III, Section 49-d-4, of the Texas Constitution to insure to holders of insured bonds...
- Texas Section 15.203 - Eligible Bonds
(a) Only revenue, general obligation, tax, or combination bonds issued by a political subdivision or a water supply corporation for a project qualifying for assistance...
- Texas Section 15.204 - Rules
The board shall adopt necessary rules to carry out this subchapter. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.05.
- Texas Section 15.205 - Insurance
The board may pledge the general credit of the state, to the extent authorized by Article III, Section 49-d-4, of the Texas Constitution, to insure...
- Texas Section 15.206 - Application For Insurance
(a) An issuer may apply in writing to the board for the insurance of its bonds. (b) The application must include the following information: (1)...
- Texas Section 15.207 - Considerations In Passing On Application
In addition to criteria established in its rules, the board in passing on an application shall consider: (1) the purpose or purposes for which the...
- Texas Section 15.208 - Approval Of Application
(a) After notice and hearing, the board by resolution may approve an application if, after considering the information in the application and presented at the...
- Texas Section 15.209 - Contracts, Agreements, And Other Documents
(a) On approval of an application, the board shall enter into a contract with the issuer for the insurance of the bonds on terms and...
- Texas Section 15.210 - Limitation On Insurance Coverage
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, the total principal balance of all insurance coverage issued by the board and outstanding may...
- Texas Section 15.211 - Insurance Fees
(a) The board shall adopt a schedule of fees to be charged an issuer for insurance coverage provided under this subchapter. (b) Fees charged by...
- Texas Section 15.212 - Payment By State
(a) On receipt by the executive administrator from the paying agent for any insured bond of a written notice by registered or certified mail that...
- Texas Section 15.213 - Refunding Bonds
Without the express written consent of the board, insurance provided by the board under this subchapter shall not extend to refunding bonds issued to replace...
- Texas Section 15.214 - Inspection Of Projects
(a) The board may inspect at any time the construction of a project being constructed with proceeds of revenue bonds insured by the board to...
- Texas Section 15.215 - Alteration Of Plans
After approval of engineering plans, a political subdivision or water supply corporation may not make any substantial or material alteration in the plans unless the...
- Texas Section 15.216 - Certificate Of Approval
The board may consider the following as grounds for refusal to give a certificate of approval for any construction contract: (1) failure to construct the...
- Texas Section 15.217 - Open Records And Open Meetings Laws
Water supply corporations receiving any assistance under this Act are subject to Chapter 552, Government Code, and Chapter 551, Government Code. Added by Acts 1985,...
SUBCHAPTER E STORAGE ACQUISITION PROGRAM
- Texas Section 15.218 - Report
(a) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the board shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the...
- Texas Section 15.301 - Fund Created
There is created a fund in the state treasury to be known as the storage acquisition fund which is to be funded by direct appropriations...
- Texas Section 15.302 - Authorized Projects
(a) The board may use the storage acquisition fund for projects including the design, acquisition, lease, construction, reconstruction, development, or enlargement in whole or part...
- Texas Section 15.303 - Joint Ventures
The board may act singly or in a joint venture in partnership with any political subdivision, with the United States, or with any other state...
- Texas Section 15.304 - Permits Required
Except as provided by Section 15.3041 of this code, the board shall obtain permits from the commission for the storage, transportation, and application to beneficial...
- Texas Section 15.3041 - Reservation And Appropriation For Bays And Estuaries And Instream Uses
(a) Five percent of the annual firm yield of water in any reservoir and associated works constructed with state financial participation under this chapter within...
- Texas Section 15.305 - Storing Water
The board may use any reservoir acquired, leased, constructed, reconstructed, developed, or enlarged by it under this chapter to store unappropriated state water and other...
- Texas Section 15.306 - Board Findings
Before the board may acquire storage facilities in any reservoir, the board shall find affirmatively that: (1) it is reasonable to expect that the state...
- Texas Section 15.3061 - Recommendations For Funding By Legislature
(a) If money is not available in the fund to provide money for projects approved under this subchapter, the board shall prepare and submit with...
- Texas Section 15.307 - Facilities Wanted By Political Subdivision
The board shall not acquire any facility to the extent that the board finds that the political subdivision: (1) is willing and reasonably able to...
- Texas Section 15.308 - Contracts: General Authority
(a) The board may execute contracts which include but are not limited to the design, management, acquisition, lease, construction, reconstruction, development, enlargement, operation, or maintenance,...
- Texas Section 15.309 - Specific Contracts Authorized
Contracts authorized by Section 15.308 of this code include but are not limited to the following: (1) federal grants or grants from other sources; (2)...
- Texas Section 15.310 - Contracts: Facilities Acquired For A Term Of Years
If facilities are acquired for a term of years, the board may include in the contract provisions for renewal that will protect the state's investment....
- Texas Section 15.311 - Maintenance Contracts
The board may execute contracts for the operation and maintenance of the state's interest in any project and may agree to pay reasonable operation and...
- Texas Section 15.312 - Recreational Facilities
The board may execute contracts with the United States and with state agencies and political subdivisions and with others to the extent authorized for the...
- Texas Section 15.313 - Board May Sell Or Lease Projects
(a) The board may sell, transfer, or lease, to the extent of its ownership, a project acquired, constructed, reconstructed, developed, or enlarged with money from...
- Texas Section 15.314 - Permit Required
Before the board grants the application to buy, receive, or lease the facilities, the applicant shall first secure a permit for water use from the...
- Texas Section 15.315 - Contract Must Be Negotiated
The commission may issue a term permit until the applicant has executed a contract with the board for acquisition of the facilities. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 15.316 - Reservoir Land
The board may lease acquired reservoir land until construction of the dam is completed without the necessity of a permit issued by the commission. Added...
- Texas Section 15.317 - Price Of Sale
(a) The price of the sale or transfer of a state facility acquired on or subsequent to September 1, 1981, other than a facility acquired...
- Texas Section 15.318 - Price Of Sale: Facilities Acquired Under Contracts With The United States
(a) The price of the sale or transfer of a state facility acquired on or subsequent to September 1, 1981, under a contract with the...
- Texas Section 15.319 - Costs Defined
With reference to the sale of a state facility, "direct cost of acquisition" means the principal amount the board has paid plus the amounts the...
- Texas Section 15.320 - Lease Payments
In leasing a state facility for a term of years, the board shall require annual payments not less than the total of: (1) the annual...
- Texas Section 15.321 - Sale Or Lease: Condition Precedent
(a) No sale, transfer, or lease of a state facility is valid unless the board first makes the following affirmative findings: (1) that the applicant...
- Texas Section 15.322 - Disposition Of Proceeds
(a) The money received from any sale, transfer, or lease of facilities, or in the case of a sale or transfer involving revenue bonds, the...
- Texas Section 15.323 - Sale Of Stored Water
(a) The board may sell any unappropriated public water of the state and other water acquired by the state that is stored by or for...
- Texas Section 15.324 - Sale Contract: Provisions, Limitations
(a) The board may determine the consideration and other provisions to be included in water sale contracts, but the consideration and other provisions shall be...
- Texas Section 15.325 - Emergency Releases Of Water
(a) All water owned by the board in any facility may be released at the discretion of the board, with or without charge, to relieve...
- Texas Section 15.326 - Preferences
The board shall give political subdivisions a preferential right, but not an exclusive right, to purchase, acquire, or lease facilities and to purchase water from...
- Texas Section 15.327 - Lease Of Land Prior To Project Construction
The board may lease tracts of land acquired for project purposes for a term of years for any purpose not inconsistent with ultimate project construction....
- Texas Section 15.328 - Lease Contribution Equivalent To Taxes
The lease may provide for contribution by the lessee to units of local government of amounts equivalent to ad valorem taxes or special assessments. Added...
- Texas Section 15.329 - Inspection Of Projects
(a) The board may inspect the construction of a project any time to assure that: (1) the contractor is substantially complying with the approved engineering...
- Texas Section 15.330 - Alteration Of Plans
After approval of engineering plans, a political subdivision shall not make any substantial or material alteration in the plans unless the executive administrator authorizes the...
SUBCHAPTER F RESEARCH AND PLANNING PROGRAM
- Texas Section 15.331 - Certificate Of Approval
The executive administrator may consider the following as grounds for refusal to give a certificate of approval for any construction contract: (1) failure to construct...
- Texas Section 15.401 - Program Creation
The research and planning program is created to provide money for research into and planning of the proper conservation, management, and development of the state's...
- Texas Section 15.402 - Research And Planning Fund
The research and planning fund is created in the state treasury to be funded by direct appropriation and at the discretion of the board from...
- Texas Section 15.403 - Rules
The board shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter. Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 15.404 - Research Contracts
(a) The board may enter into a contract with any person for research into any matter relating to the conservation and development of the state's...
- Texas Section 15.405 - Planning Contracts
(a) The board may enter into contracts with political subdivisions to pay from the research and planning fund all or part of the cost of...
- Texas Section 15.406 - Regional Facility Planning
(a) The board may enter into contracts with political subdivisions to pay from the research and planning fund all or part of the cost of...
- Texas Section 15.4061 - Funding For Regional Water Plans
(a) The board may enter into contracts with political subdivisions designated as representatives of a regional water planning group under Section 16.053(c) of this code...
- Texas Section 15.4063 - Environmental Flows Funding
The board may authorize the use of money in the research and planning fund: (1) to compensate the members of the Texas environmental flows science...
SUBCHAPTER G STATE WATER IMPLEMENTATION FUND FOR TEXAS
- Texas Section 15.407 - Facility Engineering In Economically Distressed Areas
(a) In this section, "economically distressed area" and "political subdivision" have the meanings assigned by Section 17.921. (b) The board may enter into contracts with...
- Texas Section 15.431 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Advisory committee" means the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory Committee. (2) "Fund" means the state water implementation fund for...
- Texas Section 15.432 - Fund
(a) The state water implementation fund for Texas is a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund to be used by...
- Texas Section 15.433 - Management And Investment Of Fund
(a) The trust company shall hold and invest the fund, and any accounts established in the fund, for and in the name of the board,...
- Texas Section 15.434 - Use Of Fund; Payments To And From Other Funds Or Accounts
(a) At the direction of the board, the trust company shall make disbursements from the fund to another fund or account pursuant to a bond...
- Texas Section 15.435 - Bond Enhancement Agreements
(a) A bond enhancement agreement entered into under this section is an agreement for professional services. A bond enhancement agreement must contain terms that are...
- Texas Section 15.436 - Prioritization Of Projects By Regional Water Planning Groups
(a) Each regional water planning group shall prioritize projects in its respective regional water plan for the purposes of Section 15.435. At a minimum, a...
- Texas Section 15.437 - Prioritization Of Projects By Board
(a) The board shall prioritize projects included in the state water plan for the purpose of providing financial assistance under this subchapter. (b) The board...
- Texas Section 15.438 - Advisory Committee
(a) The State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory Committee is composed of the following seven members: (1) the comptroller, or a person designated by...
- Texas Section 15.439 - Rules
(a) The board shall adopt rules providing for the use of money in the fund that are consistent with this subchapter, including rules: (1) establishing...
- Texas Section 15.440 - Reporting And Transparency Requirements
(a) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the board shall provide a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house...
SUBCHAPTER H STATE WATER IMPLEMENTATION REVENUE FUND FOR TEXAS
- Texas Section 15.441 - Policies And Procedures To Mitigate Or Minimize Adverse Effects Of Certain Federal Laws
The board shall adopt, and may amend from time to time at the board's discretion, policies and procedures for the purpose of mitigating or minimizing...
- Texas Section 15.471 - Definition
In this subchapter, "fund" means the state water implementation revenue fund for Texas. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (H.B. 4), Sec....
- Texas Section 15.472 - Fund
(a) The state water implementation revenue fund for Texas is a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund to be used...
- Texas Section 15.473 - Management And Investment Of Fund
(a) Money deposited to the credit of the fund shall be invested as determined by the board. The fund may be invested with the state...
- Texas Section 15.474 - Use Of Fund
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), money in the fund may be used by the board only to provide financing or refinancing, under terms...
- Texas Section 15.475 - Issuance Of Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds for the purpose of providing money for the fund. (b) The board may issue revenue bonds to refund...
SUBCHAPTER J FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
- Texas Section 15.476 - Subchapter Cumulative Of Other Laws
(a) This subchapter is cumulative of other laws on the subject, and the board may use provisions of other applicable laws in the issuance of...
- Texas Section 15.601 - Creation Of Fund
(a) The state water pollution control revolving fund shall be administered by the board under this subchapter and rules adopted by the board. The fund...
- Texas Section 15.602 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Additional state revolving fund" means any state revolving fund hereafter established by the board to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions...
- Texas Section 15.603 - Creation And Administration Of Program
(a) The revolving fund is held separately from other funds by the board outside the State Treasury to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for...
- Texas Section 15.604 - Financial Assistance Under The Revolving Fund
(a) The board may use the revolving fund for financial assistance only as provided by the federal act: (1) to make loans, on the conditions...
- Texas Section 15.6041 - Financial Assistance Under The Safe Drinking Water Revolving Fund
(a) The safe drinking water revolving fund shall be administered by the board under this subchapter and rules adopted by the board. The safe drinking...
- Texas Section 15.6042 - Cross-collateralization Of Funds
(a) In this section, "state revolving fund bonds" means revenue bonds issued by the board to provide funds for the revolving fund, the safe drinking...
- Texas Section 15.605 - Rules
The board shall adopt necessary rules to carry out this subchapter. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1987.
- Texas Section 15.606 - Lending Rate
The board shall determine and provide for the lending rates to be charged on loans from the revolving fund. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 15.607 - Approval Of Application
On review of recommendations by the executive administrator, the board by resolution may approve an application if the board finds that in its opinion the...
- Texas Section 15.608 - Approval And Registration
The board may not buy or refinance any bonds or securities or guarantee or purchase insurance for bonds or securities of political subdivisions that have...
- Texas Section 15.609 - Recovery Of Administrative Costs
(a) The board may charge a recipient of financial assistance from the revolving fund or an additional state revolving fund an origination fee and an...
- Texas Section 15.610 - Linked Deposit
A linked deposit is a deposit governed by a written deposit agreement between the board and an eligible lending institution that provides that: (1) the...
- Texas Section 15.611 - Linked Deposit Program
(a) The board by rule may establish a nonpoint source pollution control linked deposit program in accordance with this subchapter. (b) An eligible lending institution...
- Texas Section 15.612 - Application By Eligible Lending Institutions To Participate In Linked Deposit Program
To participate in the nonpoint source pollution control linked deposit program, an eligible lending institution must: (1) solicit loan applications, which must contain a description...
- Texas Section 15.613 - Certification Of Project
(a) An eligible lending institution must obtain from a director of a soil and water conservation district certification of an agricultural or silvicultural nonpoint source...
- Texas Section 15.614 - Approval Or Rejection Of Application
The board may approve or reject an application of an eligible lending institution to participate in the program. The board may delegate its authority to...
- Texas Section 15.615 - Deposit Agreement
If the board approves an application of an eligible lending institution, the board and the eligible lending institution shall enter into a written deposit agreement....
- Texas Section 15.616 - Compliance
(a) On accepting a linked deposit, an eligible lending institution must lend money to an approved applicant in accordance with the deposit agreement and this...
- Texas Section 15.617 - State Liability Prohibited
The state is not liable to an eligible lending institution for payment of the principal, interest, or any late charges on a loan made to...
SUBCHAPTER K TEXAS WATER BANK
- Texas Section 15.618 - Limitations On Program
(a) The maximum amount of a loan under the linked deposit program is $250,000. (b) The board may withdraw linked deposits from an eligible lending...
- Texas Section 15.701 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Deposit" means the placement of a water right or the right to use water in the water bank for transfer. (2)...
- Texas Section 15.702 - Creation Of Bank
The Texas Water Development Board shall establish the Texas Water Bank. The board shall administer the water bank to facilitate water transactions to provide sources...
- Texas Section 15.703 - Operation Of The Bank; Rules
(a) The board may take all actions necessary to operate the water bank and to facilitate the transfer of water rights from the water bank...
- Texas Section 15.7031 - Texas Water Trust
(a) The Texas Water Trust is established within the water bank to hold water rights dedicated to environmental needs, including instream flows, water quality, fish...
- Texas Section 15.704 - Transfers And Conditions
(a) A water right may be deposited in the water bank for an initial term of up to 10 years, unless otherwise held in the...
- Texas Section 15.705 - Fees
(a) The board may charge a transaction fee per transfer not to exceed one percent of the value of the water or water right received...
- Texas Section 15.706 - Reports
The commission and the board shall provide ready access by the other agency through manual or computer capabilities to all water rights permits, final water...
- Texas Section 15.707 - Water Bank Account
(a) The water bank account is created as a special account in the water assistance fund and is composed of: (1) money appropriated to the...
SUBCHAPTER L PLUMBING IMPROVEMENT LOANS
- Texas Section 15.708 - Other Transfers
Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent the sale or purchase of water or water rights by or through persons or entities outside of the water...
- Texas Section 15.731 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Fund" means the plumbing loan fund. (2) "Plumbing assistance loan" means a loan provided by the board to a political subdivision...
- Texas Section 15.732 - Plumbing Loan Fund
(a) The plumbing loan fund is created. (b) The fund is held separately from other funds outside the state treasury. The board shall keep and...
- Texas Section 15.733 - Administration And Operation Of Fund
(a) The board shall administer the fund in accordance with state law, rules of the board, and any federal requirements imposed because of a grant...
- Texas Section 15.734 - Use Of Fund
The board may use money in the fund, unless prohibited by an agreement made with a federal agency under this subchapter, to: (1) make a...
- Texas Section 15.735 - Application Submission And Approval
(a) A political subdivision located in the county of Brewster, Cameron, El Paso, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Maverick, Presidio, Starr, Terrell, Val Verde, Webb, or Zapata in...
- Texas Section 15.736 - Political Subdivision Plumbing Improvement Loan Program Administration; Plumbing Assistance Loan Repayment
(a) A political subdivision that receives a plumbing assistance loan shall establish and administer a program to make plumbing improvement loans to individuals at an...
SUBCHAPTER M HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY PROGRAM
- Texas Section 15.737 - Rules
The board may adopt rules necessary to carry out this subchapter. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 294, Sec. 6, eff. June 7, 1991.
- Texas Section 15.801 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Account" means the hydrographic survey account established under Section 15.802 of this code. (2) "Program" means the hydrographic survey program established...
- Texas Section 15.802 - Hydrographic Survey Account
The hydrographic survey account is created as a special account in the water assistance fund and is composed of: (1) money appropriated to the board...
- Texas Section 15.803 - Use Of Account
Money in the account may be used only to pay the costs of surveys, the costs of insurance for watercraft and capital equipment, and the...
- Texas Section 15.804 - Hydrographic Surveys
(a) On the request of a political subdivision or agency of this state or a neighboring state or a federal agency, the board may perform...
SUBCHAPTER N AQUATIC VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FUND
- Texas Section 15.805 - Rules
The board may adopt any rules reasonably necessary to administer the program. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.062, eff....
- Texas Section 15.851 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Approved local plan" means a local plan authorized by Section 11.083, Parks and Wildlife Code, that has been approved by the...
- Texas Section 15.852 - Creation Of Fund
(a) The aquatic vegetation management fund is a special account in the water assistance fund. (b) The fund consists of: (1) money appropriated to the...
- Texas Section 15.853 - Use Of Fund
(a) Money in the fund may be used only for the following purposes, in the following order of priority: (1) grants to the Parks and...
- Texas Section 15.854 - Rules
The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter, including rules establishing procedures for application for and award of grants, distribution of grants, and...
- Texas Section 15.901 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Fund" means the disadvantaged rural community water and wastewater financial assistance fund. (2) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1151,...
- Texas Section 15.902 - Disadvantaged Rural Community Water And Wastewater Financial Assistance Fund
(a) The disadvantaged rural community water and wastewater financial assistance fund is an account in the water assistance fund. (b) The fund consists of: (1)...
- Texas Section 15.903 - Financial Assistance
(a) The fund may be used by the board to provide grants or loans of financial assistance to political subdivisions or water supply corporations for...
- Texas Section 15.904 - Use Of Sales Tax As Loan Security
(a) A political subdivision or water supply corporation may pledge a percentage of its revenue to the payment of debt incurred under a loan agreement...
- Texas Section 15.905 - Review And Approval Of Loan Agreement By Attorney General
(a) Before a loan agreement may become effective, a record of the proceedings of the board and the political subdivision or water supply corporation authorizing...
- Texas Section 15.906 - Registration
On receipt of the documents required by Section 15.905(b), the comptroller shall register the record of the proceedings relating to the execution of a loan...
- Texas Section 15.907 - Validity And Incontestability
On approval by the attorney general and registration by the comptroller, the loan agreement, the promissory note, a contract providing revenue or security, and any...
- Texas Section 15.909 - Rules
The board shall adopt necessary rules to administer this subchapter, including rules establishing procedures for application for and award of loans or grants. Added by...
- Texas Section 15.910 - Application For Assistance
(a) In an application to the board for financial assistance from the fund, a political subdivision or water supply corporation must include: (1) its name...
- Texas Section 15.911 - Findings Regarding Permits
(a) The board may not release funds for the construction phase of that portion of a project that proposes surface water or groundwater development until...
- Texas Section 15.912 - Considerations In Acting On Application
(a) In acting on an application for financial assistance, the board shall consider: (1) the needs of the area to be served by the project...
- Texas Section 15.913 - Approval Of Application
The board by resolution may approve an application for a loan or grant if, after considering the factors listed in Section 15.912 and any other...
- Texas Section 15.914 - Construction Contract Requirements
A political subdivision or water supply corporation receiving financial assistance under this subchapter shall require in all contracts for the construction of a project that:...
- Texas Section 15.915 - Filing Construction Contract
The political subdivision or water supply corporation shall file with the board a certified copy of each construction contract it enters into for the construction...
- Texas Section 15.916 - Inspection Of Projects
(a) The board may inspect the construction of a project at any time to assure that: (1) the contractor is substantially complying with the approved...
- Texas Section 15.917 - Alteration Of Plans
After the executive administrator approves the engineering plans, a political subdivision or water supply corporation may not make any substantial or material alteration in the...
- Texas Section 15.918 - Certificate Of Approval
The executive administrator may consider the following as grounds for refusal to give a certificate of approval for any construction contract: (1) failure to construct...
SUBCHAPTER P COLONIA SELF-HELP PROGRAM
- Texas Section 15.920 - Authority Of Political Subdivisions Or Water Supply Corporations
Political subdivisions or water supply corporations that receive financial assistance from the fund are granted all necessary authority to enter into grant agreements or loan...
- Texas Section 15.951 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Account" means the colonia self-help account. (2) "Colonia" means a geographic area that: (A) is an economically distressed area as defined...
- Texas Section 15.952 - Creation Of Account
(a) The colonia self-help account is an account in the water assistance fund that may be used by the board only for the purposes of...
- Texas Section 15.953 - Use Of Account
(a) The board may use funds in the account to reimburse a political subdivision or a nonprofit organization for eligible expenses incurred in a self-help...
- Texas Section 15.954 - Eligible Political Subdivisions And Nonprofit Organizations
To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, a political subdivision or a nonprofit organization must: (1) demonstrate work experience relevant to extending...
- Texas Section 15.955 - Grant Application
An eligible political subdivision or nonprofit organization must apply to the board for a grant under the program before incurring any expense associated with a...
- Texas Section 15.956 - Board Considerations In Evaluating Grant Application
In evaluating an application for a grant under the program, the board shall consider: (1) the number of colonia residents to be served by the...
- Texas Section 15.957 - Action On Grant Application
(a) Not later than the 60th day after the date the board receives a complete application for a grant under the program, the board by...
SUBCHAPTER Q WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
- Texas Section 15.958 - Rules
The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer the program established under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1234, Sec. 23, eff....
- Texas Section 15.971 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Eligible political subdivision" means a city, county, district, or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI,...
- Texas Section 15.972 - Findings
The legislature finds that: (1) the creation of the fund and the administration of the fund by the board will encourage the conservation and development...
- Texas Section 15.973 - Water Infrastructure Fund
(a) The water infrastructure fund is a special fund in the state treasury to be administered by the board under this subchapter and rules adopted...
- Texas Section 15.974 - Use Of Water Infrastructure Fund
(a) The board may use the fund: (1) to make loans to political subdivisions at or below market interest rates for projects; (2) to make...
- Texas Section 15.975 - Approval Of Applications
(a) On review and recommendation by the executive administrator, the board by resolution may approve an application if the board finds that: (1) the application...
- Texas Section 15.9751 - Priority For Water Conservation
The board shall give priority to applications for funds for the implementation of water supply projects in the state water plan by entities that: (1)...
- Texas Section 15.976 - Applicable Law
Subchapter E, Chapter 17, applies to financial assistance made available from the fund, except that the board may also execute contracts as necessary to evidence...
- Texas Section 15.977 - Rules
The board shall adopt rules necessary to carry out this subchapter, including rules establishing procedures for application for and for the award of financial assistance,...
- Texas Section 15.978 - Sale Of Political Subdivision Bonds
(a) The board may sell or dispose of political subdivision bonds at the price and under the terms that the board determines to be reasonable....
- Texas Section 15.979 - Funding For Local Economic Development
(a) The board may use the fund to provide financial assistance to an eligible political subdivision to enable the political subdivision to fund loans and...
- Texas Section 15.980 - Authority To Establish Economic Development Programs
(a) An eligible political subdivision may establish economic development programs and make loans and grants of public funds to assist in providing projects within the...
SUBCHAPTER R RURAL WATER ASSISTANCE FUND
- Texas Section 15.981 - Certain Obligations Restricted
An eligible political subdivision may not sell or incur obligations to fund an economic development program established under authority granted by Section 15.980 that are...
- Texas Section 15.991 - Purpose
The legislature finds that the rural areas of the state, characterized by small populations extended over disproportionately large service areas, require a means of financing...
- Texas Section 15.992 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "District" means a conservation or reclamation district created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. (2)...
- Texas Section 15.993 - Fund
The rural water assistance fund is a special fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of: (1) money directly appropriated to the board for...
- Texas Section 15.994 - Use Of Fund
(a) The fund may be used to provide low-interest loans to rural political subdivisions for: (1) water or water-related projects and for water quality enhancement...
- Texas Section 15.995 - Financial Assistance In General
(a) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter, including rules establishing procedures for the application for and award of loans, the distribution...
- Texas Section 15.996 - Loans To Nonprofit Water Supply Or Sewer Service Corporations
(a) In addition to any other method of providing financial assistance authorized by this subchapter, the board may make financial assistance available to an applicant...