Texas - Session 892
Title: Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.
The bill sponsor has informed the committee that, under existing law, political subdivisions charge developers impact fees for new developments to cover costs associated with the additional needs placed on the political subdivisions' water and wastewater systems associated with the new developments. The bill sponsor has also informed the committee of the need to incentivize the use of more efficient water and wastewater infrastructure and appliances in new developments to reduce both the cost of new housing and the impact of new developments to existing water and wastewater systems. S.B. 14 seeks to provide for such an incentive by requiring an applicable political subdivision to provide a credit against water and wastewater impact fees otherwise assessed to a development to a builder or developer for the
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Latest Action | Effective on 1/1/26 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SB 12 | Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. | introduced |
| SB 16 | Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses. | introduced |
| HB 26 | Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties. | introduced |
| HB 27 | Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district. | introduced |
| HB 317 | Relating to the creation of the Climate Change Impact Assessment Council. | introduced |
| HB 318 | Relating to the interconnection of the ERCOT power grid to grids outside the ERCOT power region. | introduced |
| HB 302 | Relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | introduced |
| HB 304 | Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert. | introduced |