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Assistant to city manager outlines recent Texas bills affecting Leander: siren grants, water‑reuse credits, tax‑limit proposals remain unresolved
Summary
Leander staff summarized outcomes from the recent Texas regular and special sessions that could affect local operations, including passage of a siren/meteorology package (Senate Bill 3) and funding (Senate Bill 5), enacted water‑reuse credit language (SB14) and several property‑tax and expenditure‑limit proposals that did not pass but may return.
Assistant to the city manager Kent briefed the Leander City Council on legislation from the recently adjourned Texas regular and special sessions with potential local impacts.
Kent said Senate Bill 3, which requires more outdoor warning sirens and tasks the Texas Water Development Board to identify areas of consistent severe flooding, passed and was sent to the governor. He said SB3 establishes a two‑year grant program to help install sirens; maintenance costs will fall to local governments. Kent said Senate Bill 5 includes…
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