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Part X. Texas Water Development Board

Chapter 363. Financial Assistance Programs

Subchapter A. General Provisions

3. Formal Action by the Board

31 TAC §363.33

The Texas Water Development Board (the board) adopts amendments to 31 TAC §363.33, concerning Interest Rates for Loans and Purchase of Board's Interest in State Participation Projects without change to the proposed text as published in the April 23, 1999 issue of the Texas Register (24 TexReg 3181) and will not be republished.

The amendments are made to reflect creation of the Texas Water Development Fund II by Article 3, §49(d)(8) of the Texas Constitution, as a fund separate and distinct from the Texas Water Development Fund. The amendments further implement the constitutional provision by deleting reference to specific accounts as being only within the Texas Water Development Fund and by establishing the State Participation Account as a separate category for the setting of interest rates. The term Economically Distressed Areas is clarified as the Economically Distressed Area Program Account.

No comments were received on the adopted amendments.

The amendments are adopted under the Texas Water Code, Chapter 6, §6.101, which authorizes the Board to adopt rules necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Board and the Texas Constitution, Article 3, §49(d)(8).

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on June 17, 1999.

TRD-9903631

Suzanne Schwartz

General Counsel

Texas Water Development Board

Effective date: July 7, 1999

Proposal publication date: April 23, 1999

For further information, please call: (512) 463-7981