Texas Water Code
§ 15.995 — FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN GENERAL
WA § 15.995Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part C. WATER DEVELOPMENT · Ch. 15. TEXAS WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM · Art. R. RURAL WATER ASSISTANCE FUND
Statute text
View on source(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 of loans, the investment of funds, and the administration of loans and the fund.
(b)The board may not release from the fund money for the construction phase of parts of projects proposing surface water or groundwater development until the executive administrator makes a written finding that a rural political subdivision:
(1)has the necessary water right authorizing it to appropriate and use the water that the project will provide, if the rural political subdivision is proposing surface water development; or
(2)has the right to use water that the project will provide, if the rural political subdivision is proposing groundwater development.
(c)In passing on an application from a rural political subdivision for financial assistance, the board shall consider:
(1)the needs of the area to be served by the project, the benefit of the project to the area, the relationship of the project to the overall state water needs, and the relationship of the project to the state water plan; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 64 (S.B. 360), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 3339), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.