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House Bill 857 |
House Author: Lucio III et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Ellis |
Previous law required a retail public utility providing potable water that received financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to perform and file with the TWDB an annual water audit computing the utility's system water loss during the preceding year and required a retail public utility providing potable water that did not receive financial assistance from the TWDB to perform and file with the TWDB every five years a water audit computing the utility's most recent annual system water loss. House Bill 857 amends the Water Code to make the annual audit requirement applicable to any retail public utility providing potable water, with the exception that a retail public utility providing potable water that does not receive financial assistance from the TWDB and is providing service to 3,300 or fewer connections is still subject to the five-year audit requirement.