By Bonnen                                             H.B. No. 3158
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                                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.