Texas Water Code

§ 16.454 — HURRICANE HARVEY ACCOUNT

WA § 16.454Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part C. WATER DEVELOPMENT · Ch. 16. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO WATER DEVELOPMENT · Art. L. FLOOD PROJECT FUNDING

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(a)The Hurricane Harvey account is an account in the resiliency fund.

(b)The board may use the account only to provide moneys to the Texas Division of Emergency Management for the division to provide financing for projects related to Hurricane Harvey. Financing under this section includes making a:

(1)grant to an eligible political subdivision to provide nonfederal matching funds to enable the subdivision to participate in a federal program for the participation in or development of:

(A)a hazard mitigation project, under guidelines issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Texas Division of Emergency Management or the successor in function to those entities;

(B)a public assistance project, under guidelines issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Texas Division of Emergency Management or the successor in function to those entities; or

(C)assistance under guidelines issued by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the United States Economic Development Administration, or the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or the successor in function to those entities; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 607 (H.B. 3582), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.