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City manager: legislature spared zone’s financing tools; aquifer storage, reclaimed water plan advances
Summary
Temple city staff reported the Legislature did not pass measures that would have restricted municipal bonding or certain economic-development incentives, and described progress on an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) plan and related legislation that would allow reuse of purified reclaimed water for injection and later recovery.
Temple — At the May 28 Temple Reinvestment Zone No. 1 meeting the city manager provided a legislative and water-resources update, reporting wins in Austin and detailing local plans to expand water supply using aquifer storage and recovery and reclaimed water.
The city manager said House Bill 15, which the city described as a proposal to impose an arbitrary cap on municipal debt-service management, was held in committee and did not advance. The manager also said there is no pending legislation that would curtail use of Chapter 380 economic development agreements or Chapter 312 tax abatement agreements, both tools the city uses to attract investment.
Staff reported a separate change in state law to permit certain voluntary annexations where adjacency is separated only…
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