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AN ACT
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relating to customer notification of water loss by a retail public |
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utility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 13.148 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.148. NOTIFICATION OF WATER LOSS. (a) The |
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commission by rule shall require a retail public utility that files |
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a water audit required by Section 16.0121 to notify each of the |
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utility's customers of the water loss reported in the water audit. |
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(b) A retail public utility shall provide the notice |
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required under Subsection (a) on or with: |
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(1) the utility's next annual consumer confidence |
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report delivered after the water audit is filed; or |
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(2) the next bill the customer receives after the |
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water audit is filed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1461 was passed by the House on May |
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10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1461 was passed by the Senate on May |
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20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |