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AN ACT
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relating to the use for administrative costs of a portion of money |
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received by certain entities to implement a supplemental |
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environmental project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.067, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The commission may allow a local government or an |
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organization exempt from federal income taxation under Section |
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501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described |
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by Section 501(c)(3) of that code, that receives money from a |
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respondent to implement a supplemental environmental project under |
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this section to use a portion of the money, not to exceed 10 percent |
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of the direct cost of the project, for administrative costs, |
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including overhead costs, personnel salary and fringe benefits, and |
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travel and per diem expenses, associated with implementing the |
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project. Money used for administrative costs under this subsection |
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must be used in accordance with Chapter 783, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 7.067(c), Water Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies to money received to implement a supplemental |
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environmental project under Section 7.067, Water Code, regardless |
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of whether the money was received on, before, or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2290 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 3 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2290 was passed by the Senate on May |
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17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |