The board must consider listed factors when deciding an application for financial assistance, and it must find that the served area’s median household income is no more than 75% of the state median household income.
Sec. 17.929. CONSIDERATIONS IN PASSING ON APPLICATION. (a) In passing on an application for financial assistance, the board shall consider: (1) the need of the economically distressed area to be served by the water supply and sewer services in relation to the need of other political subdivisions requiring financial assistance under this subchapter and the relative costs and benefits of all applications; (2) the availability to the area to be served by the project of revenue or financial assistance from alternative sources for the payment of the cost of the proposed project; (3) the financing of the proposed water supply and sewer project including consideration of: (A) the budget and repayment schedule submitted under Section 17.927(b)(4); (B) other items included in the application relating to financing; and (C) other financial information and data available to the board; (4) whether the county and other appropriate political subdivisions have adopted model rules pursuant to Section 16.343 and the manner of enforcement of model rules; (5) the feasibility of achieving cost savings by providing a regional facility for water supply or wastewater service and the feasibility of financing the facility by using funds from the economically distressed areas account or any other financial assistance; and (6) the ability of the applicant to repay the financial assistance. (b) At the time an application for financial assistance is considered, the board also must find that the area to be served by a proposed project has a median household income that is not greater than 75 percent of the median state household income for the most recent year for which statistics are available. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 2.21. Renumbered from Sec. 17.889 by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 12, Sec. 2(36), eff. Sept. 6, 1990. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 844, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 927 (H.B. 467), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1222 (S.B. 2452), Sec. 6, eff. November 5, 2019.