HB3898 - Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance to certain political subdivisions for brackish water desalination.

  89R25585 ANG-F     By: Raymond H.B. No. 3898       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to   provide financial assistance to certain political subdivisions for   brackish water desalination.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 16.053, Water Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (j-1) to read as follows:           (j-1)     Notwithstanding Subsection (j), the board may provide   financial assistance for brackish water desalination to:                 (1)     a county that has a population greater than   250,000 and is located:                       (A)  on an international border; and                         (B)     wholly or partly in a management area, as   defined by Section 36.001, that does not have a groundwater   conservation district that is located inside the county's   boundaries; or                 (2)     a nonprofit water supply corporation created and   operating under Chapter 67 located in a county described by   Subdivision (1).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.