SB2123 - Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance to certain counties for brackish water desalination.

  89R13221 ANG-F     By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2123       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to   provide financial assistance to certain counties 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 a county   with a population greater than 250,000 located:                 (1)  on an international border; and                   (2)     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.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.