By Clark H.B. No. 1463 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the provision of water or sewer service by a 1-3 municipality outside the territory of the municipality. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 402.001, Local Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (e) If a municipality provides water or sewer services 1-8 outside its municipal boundaries to one or more non-residents it is 1-9 not required to provide such service to other non-residents. This 1-10 subsection does not affect the municipality's obligation to provide 1-11 water under a certificate issued under Subchapter G, Chapter 13, 1-12 Water Code, or authorize the municipality to provide service to an 1-13 area over which another provider holds a certificate to provide 1-14 service under that subchapter. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.