By Bonnen H.B. No. 3158 77R6080 GJH-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to granting a certificate of public convenience and 1-3 necessity for water utility service. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 13.241, Water Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-7 (f) The commission may not grant a certificate of public 1-8 convenience and necessity for water utility service unless for each 1-9 parcel of real property to be used in providing the service the 1-10 applicant provides the commission with a tax certificate issued 1-11 under Section 31.08, Tax Code, for each taxing unit in which the 1-12 property is located showing that no delinquent taxes, interest, or 1-13 penalties are due to the taxing unit on the property. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-15 applies only to a determination of the Texas Natural Resource 1-16 Conservation Commission regarding whether to grant a certificate of 1-17 public convenience and necessity for water utility service on or 1-18 after that date.