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TX Water Code § 15.3041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.3041. Reservation and Appropriation for Bays and Estuaries and Instream Uses

Sec. 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 200 river miles from the coast, to commence from the mouth of the river thence inland, is appropriated to the Parks and Wildlife Department for use to make releases to bays and estuaries and for instream uses, and the commission shall issue permits for this water to the Parks and Wildlife Department under procedures adopted by the commission.(b)  The Parks and Wildlife Department in cooperation with the department shall manage this water for the purposes stated in this section.(c)  The Parks and Wildlife Department shall adopt necessary rules and shall enter into necessary memoranda of understanding with the department to provide necessary rules and procedures for managing the water and for release of the water for the purposes stated in this section.(d)  This section does not limit or repeal any other authority of or law relating to the department or the commission.(e)  Operating and maintenance costs for the percentage of annual firm yield appropriated to the Parks and Wildlife Department shall be paid by the local political subdivisions that are the project owners.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 4.03.|
TX Water Code § 15.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.305. Storing Water

Sec. 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 water acquired by the state.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.306. Board Findings

Sec. 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 will recover its investment in the facilities;(2)  the cost of the facilities exceeds the current financing capabilities of the area involved, and the facilities cannot be reasonably financed by local interests without state participation;(3)  the public interest will be served by acquisition of the facilities;  and(4)  the facilities to be constructed or reconstructed contemplate the optimum development of the site which is reasonably reserved under all existing circumstances of the site.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.3061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.3061. Recommendations for Funding by Legislature

Sec. 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 its biennial budget request to the Legislative Budget Board and to the presiding officers of each house of the legislature a list of all projects approved by the board under this subchapter.(b)  The list of projects submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and to the presiding officers of each house of the legislature shall include relevant information relating to each project and recommendations relating to the priorities for funding.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.06.|
TX Water Code § 15.307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.307. Facilities Wanted by Political Subdivision

Sec. 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 finance the acquisition of the facility;(2)  has qualified by obtaining the necessary permit;  and(3)  has proposals that are inconsistent with the objectives of the state water plan.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 977, Sec. 14, eff. June 19, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 15.308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.308. Contracts: General Authority

Sec. 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, singularly or in any combination, of any existing or proposed storage project.(b)  The board shall obtain the approval of the attorney general as to the legality of all contracts authorized under this subchapter to which the board is a party.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.309. Specific Contracts Authorized

Sec. 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)  contracts which may be fully or partially secured by water purchase or repayment contracts executed by political subdivisions of the state for purchase of water and facilities necessary to supply present and future regional and local water requirements;(3)  contracts for goods and services necessary for the design, management, acquisition, lease, construction, reconstruction, development, enlargement, implementation, operation, or maintenance of any existing or proposed project or portion of the project;  and(4)  contracts secured by the pledge of all or any part of funds in the storage acquisition fund.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.310 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.310. Contracts: Facilities Acquired for a Term of Years

Sec. 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.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.311. Maintenance Contracts

Sec. 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 maintenance charges allocable to the state interest.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.312 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.312. Recreational Facilities

Sec. 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 development and operation of recreational facilities at any project in which the state has acquired an interest.  Income received by the board under these contracts shall be deposited in the water assistance fund.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.313 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.313. Board May Sell or Lease Projects

Sec. 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 the storage acquisition fund.(b)  The board shall obtain the approval of the attorney general as to the legality of all contracts authorized under this subchapter to which the board is a party.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.314 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.314. Permit Required

Sec. 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 commission.  If the facilities are to be leased, the permit may be for a term of years.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.315 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.315. Contract Must Be Negotiated

Sec. 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 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.316 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.316. Reservoir Land

Sec. 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 by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.317 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.317. Price of Sale

Sec. 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 under a contract with the United States, shall be the sum of the direct cost of acquisition, plus an amount of interest calculated by multiplying the lending rate in effect at the date of acquisition by the amount of board money disbursed for the acquisition times the number of years and fraction of a year from the date or dates of the disbursement of funds to the date or dates of the sale or transfer of the state facility, plus the board's cost of operating and maintaining the facility from the date of acquisition to the date of sale or transfer, less any payments received by the board from the lease of the facility or the sale of water from it.(b)  The purchaser of the board's interest in a state facility shall also assume, to the extent disclosed by the board at or before the sale, any and all direct, conditional, or contingent liabilities of the board attributed to the project in direct relation to the percentage of the project acquired by the purchaser.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.318 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.318. Price of Sale: Facilities Acquired Under Contracts With the United States

Sec. 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 United States shall be the sum of the direct cost of acquisition, plus an amount of interest calculated by multiplying the lending rate in effect at the time of acquisition, by the amount of board money disbursed for the acquisition of the facility times the number of years and fraction of a year from the date or dates of disbursement of the money to the date or dates of sale or transfer, plus the board's cost of operating and maintaining the facility from the date of acquisition to the date of the sale or transfer of the facility, less any payments received by the board from the lease of the facility or the sale of water from it.(b)  If, in transferring any contract, the board remains in any way directly, conditionally, or contingently liable for the performance of any part of the contract, then the transferee, in addition to the payments prescribed by Subsection (a) of this section, as applicable, shall pay to the board annually one-half of one percent of the remaining amount owed to the other party to the contract, and shall continue these payments until the board is fully released from the contract.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.319 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.319. Costs Defined

Sec. 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 board has agreed to pay under obligations not transferred to the purchaser for a facility up to the date of sale, but does not include the board's cost of operating and maintaining the facility from the date of acquisition to the date of the sale or transfer of the facility.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.320 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.320. Lease Payments

Sec. 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 principal and interest requirements applicable to the debt incurred by the state in acquiring the facility;  and(2)  the state's annual cost for operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of the facility.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.321 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.321. Sale or Lease: Condition Precedent

Sec. 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 has a permit granted by the commission;(2)  that the sale, transfer, or lease serves the public interest;  and(3)  that the consideration for the sale, transfer, or lease is fair, just, reasonable, and in full compliance with the law.(b)  The consideration for a sale or transfer may be either money or revenue bonds which for the purposes of this section shall be deemed the same as money.(c)  The amount of money shall be equal to the price for purchasing the facilities as prescribed by Sections 15.317-15.318 of this code, or if revenue bonds constitute the consideration, the principal amount of revenue bonds shall be equal to the price for purchasing the facilities as prescribed by the provisions of Sections 15.317-15.318 of this code, and the revenue bonds shall bear interest at the rate prescribed in Section 17.128 of this code with regard to bonds purchased with the proceeds of the Texas water development fund.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.322 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.322. Disposition of Proceeds

Sec. 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 money received as matured interest or principal on the bonds shall be placed in the general revenue fund.(b)  If money received from a sale, transfer, or lease of facilities, or in the case of a sale or transfer involving revenue bonds, if the money received as matured interest or principal on the bonds, is money derived originally from the appropriation made in Section 2, Chapter 12, Acts of the 67th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1981, or interest earned on that money, the money received as matured interest or principal on the bonds shall be placed in a special account in the water assistance fund.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.06.|
TX Water Code § 15.323 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.323. Sale of Stored Water

Sec. 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 it.  The price shall be determined by the board.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, money received from any sale shall be placed in the general revenue fund.(c)  Money received from a sale of unappropriated public water or other water acquired by the state and stored by it or for it in a facility for which funds were provided from the appropriation made in Section 2, Chapter 12, Acts of the 67th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1981, or interest earned on the money constituting that appropriation, must be deposited in a special account in the water assistance fund.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.06.|
TX Water Code § 15.324 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.324. Sale Contract: Provisions, Limitations

Sec. 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 fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory.  The board may include charges for standby service, which means holding water and conservation storage space for use and for actual delivery of water.(b)  The board shall make the same determinations with respect to the sale of water as are required by Section 15.321 of this code with respect to the sale or lease of facilities.(c)  The board shall not compete with any political subdivisions in the sale of water when this competition jeopardizes the ability of the political subdivision to meet obligations incurred to finance its own water supply projects.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.325 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.325. Emergency Releases of Water

Sec. 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 any emergency condition arising from drought, public calamity, or any other reason causing a severe water shortage, if the commission first determines the existence of the emergency and requests the board to release water to alleviate the emergency condition.(b)  The executive administrator may authorize the release of water owned by the state from any facility in which the state has an interest under this subchapter for a period of not to exceed 72 hours from time of authorization to relieve an emergency condition that poses an imminent threat of flooding.  The commission must approve any release of water that must be made beyond the 72-hour period provided by this subsection.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.041, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Water Code § 15.326 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.326. Preferences

Sec. 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 facilities.  Preferences shall be given in these respects in accord with the provisions of Section 11.123 of this code.  The board and the commission shall coordinate their efforts to meet these objectives and to assure that the public water of this state, which is held in trust for the use and benefit of the public, will be conserved, developed, and utilized in the greatest practicable measure for the public welfare.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.327 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.327. Lease of Land Prior to Project Construction

Sec. 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.  The lease shall provide for expiration before initiation of project construction.  The money received from such leases shall be placed in the water assistance fund.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.328 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program|Section 15.328. Lease Contribution Equivalent to Taxes

Sec. 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 by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|