88R24598 MP-D By: Leo-Wilson, et al. H.B. No. 2900 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the powers, duties, and use of funds of the Trinity Bay Conservation District. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 282, Acts of the 51st Legislature, Regular Session, 1949, is amended by adding Sections 1a and 11a to read as follows: Sec. 1a. The District has all the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state applicable to a conservation, reclamation, and drainage district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 56, Water Code. Sec. 11a. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, the District may only use funds generated by ad valorem taxes: (1) for flood and drainage mitigation in the District; and (2) to pay for the administrative costs of the District. (b) The District may not commingle funds generated by ad valorem taxes with funds used for freshwater distribution or sanitary sewer collection services. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.