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      S.B. No. 971         AN ACT   relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for   purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 15.001(14), Water Code, as added by   Chapter 1064 (S.B. 469), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2023, is repealed.          SECTION 2.  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.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 971 passed the Senate on   March 13, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 971 passed the House on   May 21, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 20, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor