H.B. No. 2900         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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the House on May 6,   2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 119, Nays 15, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the Senate on May   24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor