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By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) |
H.B. No. 4385 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023; |
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May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by |
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the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of |
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public convenience and necessity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 13.242(c), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The utility commission may by rule allow a municipality |
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or utility or water supply corporation to render retail water |
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service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity |
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if the municipality has given notice under Section 13.255 that it |
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intends to provide retail water service to an area or if the utility |
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or water supply corporation has less than 15 potential connections |
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and is not within the certificated area of another retail public |
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utility. The utility commission may by rule allow a municipality or |
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utility or water supply corporation to render retail sewer service |
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without a certificate of public convenience and necessity if the |
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municipality has given notice under Section 13.255 that it intends |
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to provide retail sewer service to an area or if the utility or |
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water supply corporation has less than 15 potential connections and |
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is not within the certificated area of another retail public |
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utility. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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