Tex. Water Code § 15.472
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 15.472, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 15.472. FUND.
Official statutory text
(a) The state water implementation revenue fund for Texas is a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund to be used by the board, without further legislative appropriation, only for the purpose of providing financing for projects included in the state water plan that are authorized under Subchapter C-1, Q, or R of this chapter, Subchapter E or F, Chapter 16, or Subchapter J or L, Chapter 17. The board may establish separate accounts in the fund. The board has legal title to money and investments in the fund until the money is disbursed as provided by this subchapter and board rules. It is the intent of the legislature that the fund will never be used:
(1) for a purpose other than the support of projects in the state water plan; or
(2) to certify that appropriations from the treasury are within the amount estimated to be available in a fund of the treasury affected by the appropriation.
(b) Money deposited to the credit of the fund may be used only as provided by this subchapter.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) money transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund by law, including money from any source transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund at the board's discretion as authorized by law;
(2) the proceeds of any fee or tax imposed by this state that by statute is dedicated for deposit to the credit of the fund;
(3) any other revenue that the legislature by statute dedicates for deposit to the credit of the fund;
(4) investment earnings and interest earned on amounts credited to the fund;
(5) the proceeds from the sale of bonds, including revenue bonds issued by the board under this subchapter, that are designated by the board for the purpose of providing money for the fund;
(6) repayments of loans made from the fund;
(7) money from the sale, transfer, or lease of a project acquired, constructed, reconstructed, developed, or enlarged with money from the fund; and
(8) money disbursed to the fund from the state water implementation fund for Texas as authorized by Section 15.434.
(1) for a purpose other than the support of projects in the state water plan; or
(2) to certify that appropriations from the treasury are within the amount estimated to be available in a fund of the treasury affected by the appropriation.
(b) Money deposited to the credit of the fund may be used only as provided by this subchapter.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) money transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund by law, including money from any source transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund at the board's discretion as authorized by law;
(2) the proceeds of any fee or tax imposed by this state that by statute is dedicated for deposit to the credit of the fund;
(3) any other revenue that the legislature by statute dedicates for deposit to the credit of the fund;
(4) investment earnings and interest earned on amounts credited to the fund;
(5) the proceeds from the sale of bonds, including revenue bonds issued by the board under this subchapter, that are designated by the board for the purpose of providing money for the fund;
(6) repayments of loans made from the fund;
(7) money from the sale, transfer, or lease of a project acquired, constructed, reconstructed, developed, or enlarged with money from the fund; and
(8) money disbursed to the fund from the state water implementation fund for Texas as authorized by Section 15.434.
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