By Lewis of Orange H.B. No. 2404
77R6048 MTB-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the submetering of apartments, manufactured home rental
1-3 communities, and other multiple use facilities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 13.502, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 13.502. SUBMETERING. (a) The commission by rule shall
1-8 require an [An apartment house] owner of an apartment house on
1-9 which construction begins on or after January 1, 2003, a
1-10 manufactured home rental community owner, and a multiple use
1-11 facility owner to submeter [, or condominium manager may provide
1-12 for submetering of] each dwelling unit or rental unit for the
1-13 measurement of the quantity of water, if any, consumed by the
1-14 occupants of that unit.
1-15 (b) An owner of an apartment house on which construction
1-16 began before January 1, 2003, and a condominium manager may provide
1-17 for submetering of each dwelling unit or rental unit for the
1-18 measurement of the quantity of water, if any, consumed by the
1-19 occupants of that unit.
1-20 SECTION 2. Subchapter M, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
1-21 by adding Section 13.506 to read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 13.506. PLUMBING FIXTURES. (a) In this section,
1-23 "plumbing fixture" has the meaning assigned by Section 372.001,
1-24 Health and Safety Code.
2-1 (b) The commission by rule shall require an apartment house
2-2 owner, manufactured home rental community owner, multiple use
2-3 facility owner, or condominium manager to install plumbing fixtures
2-4 that meet the standards of Section 372.002, Health and Safety Code,
2-5 in the dwelling units and rental units that are not individually
2-6 metered.
2-7 SECTION 3. (a) Section 1 of this Act takes effect September
2-8 1, 2001. Section 2 of this Act takes effect January 1, 2003.
2-9 (b) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall
2-10 enact rules to implement Section 13.506, Water Code, as added by
2-11 this Act, and the changes in law to Section 13.502, Water Code, as
2-12 amended by this Act, not later than January 1, 2002.