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  89R3929 SCF-D     By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 448       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain cost sharing requirements for a desalination   facility operating under a public-private partnership.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2267, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 2267.067 to read as follows:           Sec.   2267.067.     COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN   QUALIFYING PROJECTS. (a)   Subject to Subsection (b), a   comprehensive agreement or service contract for a qualifying   project authorizing the operation of a desalination facility,   including a brackish water desalination facility, shall require a   private entity to pay at least 50 percent of the energy costs to   operate the facility.           (b)     This section applies only after a desalination facility   charges the first customer for water produced by the facility.            SECTION 2.  Section 2267.067, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a comprehensive agreement or service   contract executed for a qualifying project authorizing the   operation of a desalination facility that begins charging customers   for water produced by the facility on or after the effective date of   this Act.  A comprehensive agreement or service contract executed   for the operation of a desalination facility that began charging   customers for water produced by the facility before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the   agreement or contract was entered into, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.