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House Bill 3813 |
House Author: Howard |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Watson |
House Bill 3813 amends the Local Government Code to authorize the governing body of a general-law municipality that has a population of less than 4,000, that is located in a county that has a population of more than one million and is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 420,000, and that is served by a water control and improvement district to, by ordinance, establish water flow and water pressure standards sufficient to provide adequate pressure to fire suppression systems and require such a district that provides water service in the municipality to take reasonable measures to comply with those standards. The bill requires the municipality and the district to establish the scope of and estimate the costs associated with any capital improvements necessary to comply with a proposed ordinance before its adoption and authorizes the district to recover such costs through a customer surcharge under certain conditions.