HB4331 - Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of the state environmental review process for certain projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund and the implementation of streamlining procedures based on the results of the study.

  89R14359 CMO-F     By: Lopez of Cameron, Longoria, Guerra, H.B. No. 4331       Martinez, Guillen, et al.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of the   state environmental review process for certain projects eligible   for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund and the   implementation of streamlining procedures based on the results of   the study.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Not later than January 1, 2027, the Texas Water   Development Board shall:                (1)  conduct a study to identify ways to streamline the   state environmental review process of flood control and drainage   projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood   infrastructure fund under Chapter 15, Water Code; and                (2)  develop and implement internal guidelines and   procedures to streamline the state environmental review process for   projects described by Subdivision (1) of this section based on the   results of the study conducted under that subdivision.          SECTION 2.  This Act expires September 1, 2027.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.