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TX Water Code § 17.189 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter E. Provisions Generally Applicable to Financial Assistance|Section 17.189. Considerations for Certain Financial Assistance

Sec. 17.189.  CONSIDERATIONS FOR CERTAIN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.  (a)  If financial assistance is provided under Subchapter F, I, or K of this chapter, any treatment works to be financed under the application must consider cost-effective innovative, nonconventional methods of treatment such as rock reed, root zone, ponding, irrigation, or other methods that may have been developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority.(b)  Before granting an application for financial assistance under Subchapter F, I, or K of this chapter that includes financing for treatment works, the board must find that any treatment works to be financed under the application will consider cost-effective innovative, nonconventional methods of treatment such as rock reed, root zone, ponding, irrigation, or other methods that may have been developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 2.19.|
TX Water Code § 17.271 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.271. Purpose

Sec. 17.271.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for making loans of water quality enhancement funds authorized by Article III, Sections 49-d-1, 49-d-2, 49-d-6, and 49-d-7, of the Texas Constitution to political subdivisions of the state for the construction of treatment works.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.07;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 66, Sec. 6;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1062, Sec. 5.|
TX Water Code § 17.272 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.272. Financial Assistance

Sec. 17.272.  FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.  The board may use water quality enhancement funds to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for purposes of water quality enhancement.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 17.273 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.273. Authority of Political Subdivision

Sec. 17.273.  AUTHORITY OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.  A political subdivision may apply to the board for financial assistance and may use water quality enhancement funds for construction of treatment works in the manner provided in this subchapter.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 17.274 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.274. Application for Assistance

Sec. 17.274.  APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE.  (a)  In an application to the board for financial assistance for water quality enhancement purposes, the applicant shall include:(1)  the name of the political subdivision and its principal officers;(2)  a citation of the law under which the political subdivision operates and was created;(3)  a description of the treatment works for which the financial assistance will be used;(4)  the estimated total cost of construction of the treatment works;(5)  the amount of state financial assistance requested;(6)  the method for obtaining the financial assistance, whether by purchase of bonds or purchase of other obligations of the political subdivision;(7)  the plan for repaying the financial assistance;(8)  the water conservation plan required by Section 16.4021; and(9)  any other information the board requires.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(8), eff. September 1, 2019.(c)  If the applicant claims an exemption under Section 16.4021, the applicant shall state the exemption in the application and provide information relating to that exemption as provided by board rules.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(8), eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 17.275 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.275. Considerations in Passing on Application

Sec. 17.275.  CONSIDERATIONS IN PASSING ON APPLICATION.  In passing on an application from a political subdivision for financial assistance for water quality enhancement purposes, the board shall consider:(1)  the water quality needs of the waters into which effluent from the treatment works will be discharged, the benefit of the treatment works to such water quality needs, the relationship of the treatment works to the overall, statewide water quality needs;  and the relationship of the treatment works to water quality planning for the state;(2)  the availability of revenue to the political subdivision, from all sources, for the ultimate repayment of the cost of the treatment works, including interest;  and(3)  whether the political subdivision has been designated, pursuant to Section 26.082 of this code, to provide a regional system to serve all or part of the waste disposal needs of a defined area, the development of such systems being the declared policy of the legislature.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 477, Sec. 12, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.|
TX Water Code § 17.276 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.276. Action on Application

Sec. 17.276.  ACTION ON APPLICATION.  (a)  After an application is received for financial assistance, the executive administrator shall submit the application to the board together with comments and recommendations concerning the best method of making financial assistance available.(b)  The board may grant the application in whole or part or may deny the application.(c)  The board has the sole responsibility and authority for selecting the political subdivisions to whom financial assistance may be provided for treatment works and the amount of any such assistance. (d)  The board shall review and approve or disapprove plans and specifications for all sewerage collection, treatment, and disposal systems for which financial assistance is provided in any amount from water quality enhancement funds or funds granted under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, in a manner that will satisfy commission requirements for design criteria and permit conditions that apply to construction activities.(e)  The deliberations, proposals, decisions, and other actions of the board under this subchapter do not require the concurrence or approval of any other governmental agency, board, commission, council, political subdivision, or other governmental entity.(f)  When bonds or other obligations are purchased by the board, water quality enhancement funds shall be delivered to the political subdivisions entitled to receive them and shall be used only to pay construction costs of treatment works approved in this subchapter.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 477, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1057, Sec. 7, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (H.B. 4), Sec. 2.11, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 17.277 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.277. Approval of Application

Sec. 17.277.  APPROVAL OF APPLICATION.  (a)  The board by resolution may approve an application if, after considering the factors listed in Section 17.275 of this code and any other relevant factors, the board finds that the public interest will benefit from state assistance in the financing of the treatment works.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(9), eff. September 1, 2019.(b-1)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(9), eff. September 1, 2019.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(9), eff. September 1, 2019.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(9), eff. September 1, 2019.(e)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(9), eff. September 1, 2019.(f)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(9), eff. September 1, 2019.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 477, Sec. 14, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 688, Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 16(9), eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 17.278 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.278. Findings Regarding Permits

Sec. 17.278.  FINDINGS REGARDING PERMITS.  If an application includes a proposal for a wastewater treatment plant, the board may not deliver funds for the wastewater treatment plant until the applicant has obtained a permit for the construction and operation of the plant and approval of the plans and specifications for the plant from the commission.  If an application includes a proposal for a wastewater treatment plant that is located outside the jurisdiction of this state and that is not subject to the permitting authority of the commission, the board may not deliver funds for the wastewater treatment plant until after the board reviews the plans and specifications in coordination with the commission and finds that the wastewater treatment plant is capable of producing effluent that will meet federal and Texas-approved water quality standards and if effluent produced will result in water being available for use in or for the benefit of Texas.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 5.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 17.279 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter F. Financial Assistance for Water Quality Enhancement Purposes|Section 17.279. Limitation on Use of Funds

Sec. 17.279.  LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.  If there is insufficient money available to fund all applications under this subchapter, the board shall give preference to applications for political subdivisions that the board finds cannot reasonably finance the treatment works without assistance from the state.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 17.771 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter G. Financial Assistance for Flood Control|Section 17.771. Purpose

Sec. 17.771.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for making loans of flood control funds authorized by Article III, Sections 49-d-2, 49-d-6, and 49-d-7, of the Texas Constitution, to political subdivisions of the state for the development of floodplain management plans and for structural and nonstructural flood control projects.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.21.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 66, Sec. 6;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1062, Sec. 5.|
TX Water Code § 17.772 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter G. Financial Assistance for Flood Control|Section 17.772. Financial Assistance

Sec. 17.772.  FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.  The board may use flood control funds to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for purposes of structural and nonstructural flood control and the development of floodplain management plans.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 17.773 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter G. Financial Assistance for Flood Control|Section 17.773. Application for Assistance

Sec. 17.773.  APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE.  In an application to the board for financial assistance for flood control purposes, the applicant shall include:(1)  the name of the political subdivision and its principal officers;(2)  a citation of the law under which the political subdivision operates and was created;(3)  a description of the flood control measures for which the financial assistance will be used;(4)  the estimated total cost of the measures;(5)  the amount of state financial assistance requested;(6)  the method for obtaining the financial assistance, whether by purchase of bonds or purchase of other obligations of the political subdivision;(7)  the plan for repaying the financial assistance;  and(8)  any other information the board requires.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 17.774 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter G. Financial Assistance for Flood Control|Section 17.774. Considerations in Passing on Application

Sec. 17.774.  CONSIDERATIONS IN PASSING ON APPLICATION.  In passing on an application from a political subdivision for financial assistance for flood control purposes, the board shall consider:(1)  the needs of the area to be served by the project and the benefit of the project to the area in relation to the needs of other areas requiring state assistance in any manner and the benefits of those projects to the other areas;(2)  the availability of revenue to the political subdivision, from all sources, for the ultimate repayment of the cost of the project, including interest;(3)  the capacity of the watershed to accommodate stormwater runoff;(4)  the impact of the project on watershed capacity along the entire watershed and the degree to which that capacity was considered in planning the project;(5)  whether the project will increase or decrease the volume or rate of stormwater runoff into any channel in the watershed;(6)  the effect of the project on surface water elevations within the watershed and any downstream watershed;(7)  the relationship of the project to any floodplain management plan for the watershed;  and(8)  whether adequate consideration was given to the effects of the project with regard to erosion and sediment control.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 17.775 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter G. Financial Assistance for Flood Control|Section 17.775. Action on Application

Sec. 17.775.  ACTION ON APPLICATION.  (a)  After an application is received for financial assistance for flood control purposes, the executive administrator shall submit the application to the board together with comments and recommendations concerning the best method of making financial assistance available.(b)  The board may grant the application in whole or part or may deny the application.(c)  The board has the sole responsibility and authority for selecting the political subdivisions to whom financial assistance may be provided and the amount of any such assistance.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (H.B. 4), Sec. 2.12, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 17.776 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter G. Financial Assistance for Flood Control|Section 17.776. Approval of Application

Sec. 17.776.  APPROVAL OF APPLICATION.  The board by resolution may approve an application if, after considering the factors listed in Section 17.774 of this code and other relevant information, the board finds:(1)  that the public interest requires state participation in the project;(2)  that in its opinion the taxes or revenues pledged by the political subdivision will be sufficient to meet all obligations assumed by the political subdivision;(3)  if the project would increase the volume or rate of stormwater runoff, that adequate consideration was given to alternative approaches that would decrease or hold constant the volume or rate of stormwater runoff;(4)  that the project proposed in the application will not increase the peak water surface elevation of any portion of any stream within the watershed or within any downstream watershed;  and(5)  that adequate consideration was given to the effects of the project with regard to erosion and sediment control.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 17.851 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter I. Revenue Bond Program|Section 17.851. Purpose

Sec. 17.851.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the benefit of the public additional methods for financing the conservation and development of water resources of this state including an additional method for making financial assistance available to participants in the conservation and development of water resources of this state.  This financial assistance is made available on terms and conditions prescribed by this subchapter, and it is found and determined that this subchapter is in furtherance of a public purpose.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 1987.|
TX Water Code § 17.852 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter I. Revenue Bond Program|Section 17.852. Definitions

Sec. 17.852.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Acquired obligations" means obligations of participants acquired under this subchapter.(2)  "Acquired obligations resolution" means the resolution, order, ordinance, or similar instrument duly adopted or passed by the governing body of a participant providing for payments of principal and interest to be made by the participant to the board and includes sufficient money to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on the acquired obligations and to maintain the funds established or required to be established by the acquired obligations resolution.(3)  "Fund" means the Texas water resources fund.(4)  "Participant" means a political subdivision or agency of the state or a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 67, that is authorized to finance projects.(5)  "Project" includes water supply projects, treatment works, and flood projects, as defined by Section 15.531 or 16.451.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.60, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 947 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.01, eff. June 13, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 17.853 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter I. Revenue Bond Program|Section 17.853. Texas Water Resources Fund

Sec. 17.853.  TEXAS WATER RESOURCES FUND.  (a)  The Texas water resources fund is in the State Treasury.(b)  The fund shall be administered by the board in accordance with this subchapter, and the board shall create accounts within the fund that will facilitate the conservation of water resources and the payment of revenue bonds issued for the conservation of water resources.(c)  The board may use the fund only:(1)  to provide state matching funds for federal funds provided to the state water pollution control revolving fund or to any additional state revolving fund created under Subchapter J, Chapter 15;(2)  to provide financial assistance from the proceeds of taxable bond issues to water supply corporations organized under Chapter 67, and other participants;(3)  to provide financial assistance to participants for the construction of water supply projects and treatment works;(4)  to provide financial assistance for an interim construction period to participants for projects for which the board will provide long-term financing through the water development fund;(5)  to provide financial assistance for water supply and sewer service projects in economically distressed areas as provided by Subchapter K, Chapter 17, to the extent the board can make that assistance without adversely affecting the current or future integrity of the fund or of any other financial assistance program of the board;(6)  to provide funds to the water infrastructure fund created under Section 15.973;(7)  to provide funds to the state water implementation revenue fund for Texas;(8)  to provide funds to the flood infrastructure fund created under Section 15.533; and(9)  to provide funds to the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund created under Section 16.452.(d)  Money in the fund may be invested by the board as permitted by this subchapter, other applicable law, or as provided by resolutions authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 2.20;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 184, Sec. 4, eff. May 19, 1993;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.61, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 4.18, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 3(46), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (H.B. 4), Sec. 2.13, eff. November 5, 2013.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 947 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.02, eff. June 13, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 17.854 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 17 - Public Funding|Subchapter I. Revenue Bond Program|Section 17.854. Methods of Financial Assistance

Sec. 17.854.  METHODS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.  The board may use the fund to acquire obligations of political subdivisions in accordance with the purposes stated in Section 17.853 of this code.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 1987.|