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Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Development Board may use money in the economically distressed areas account.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Distressed areas fund can pay to plat for water hookups. Starts 2027.
The bill adds a new allowed use for the Texas Water Development Board's economically distressed areas account. Local governments can now get money from the account to pay for platting or replatting older neighborhoods so those areas can hook up to public water or sewer. This applies only to areas developed before the board adopted its model rules, and it starts September 1, 2027.
Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R SB 2591 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-SB85 · 2026-11-09
relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Development Board may use money in the economically distressed areas account.
Distressed areas fund can pay to plat for water hookups. Starts 2027.
The bill adds a new allowed use for the Texas Water Development Board's economically distressed areas account. Local governments can now get money from the account to pay for platting or replatting older neighborhoods so those areas can hook up to public water or sewer. This applies only to areas developed before the board adopted its model rules, and it starts September 1, 2027.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$72,700.00
Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 16, 2025 to Aug 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101011018, 101057658.
$60,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 11, 2024 to Aug 31, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100959783, 100987492, 101011018, 101035338, 101057658.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$72,700.00
Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 16, 2025 to Aug 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101011018, 101057658.
$60,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 11, 2024 to Aug 31, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100959783, 100987492, 101011018, 101035338, 101057658.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Sen. Zaffirini, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Apr 3, 2025: Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Development Board may use money in the economically distressed areas account.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 S Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility
Special Districts & Authorities--Water Control Improve Dist.
State Finances--Management & Control
Water--Development
Water--General
ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS
PLATTING
WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TEXAS
The text as introduced · 171 words
90R1969 JAM-D By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 85 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Development Board may use money in the economically distressed areas account. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 17.922(a), Water Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The board shall use the economically distressed areas account to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of water supply and sewer services, including providing funds from the account for : (1) the state's participation in federal programs that provide assistance solely for projects intended to serve economically distressed areas ; or (2) costs associated with platting or replatting an area in preparation for connecting the area to a public water supply or sanitary sewer system if the area to be platted or replatted was developed before the model rules were adopted by the board under Section 16.343 . SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.