79R2944 CBH-F


By:  Kolkhorst                                                    H.B. No. 841



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the rates charged by a municipally owned utility to 
certain recreational vehicle parks for potable water or wastewater 
service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended 
by adding Section 13.087 to read as follows:
	Sec. 13.087.  MUNICIPAL RATES FOR CERTAIN RECREATIONAL 
VEHICLE PARKS.  (a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Nonsubmetered master metered utility service" 
means potable water service that is master metered but not 
submetered and wastewater service that is based on master metered 
potable water service.
		(2)  "Recreational vehicle" includes a:                                
			(A)  "house trailer" as that term is defined by 
Section 501.002, Transportation Code; and
			(B)  "towable recreational vehicle" as that term 
is defined by Section 541.201, Transportation Code.
		(3)  "Recreational vehicle park" means a commercial 
property on which service connections are made for recreational 
vehicle transient guest use and for which fees are paid at intervals 
of one day or longer.
	(b)  A municipally owned utility that provides nonsubmetered 
master metered utility service to a recreational vehicle park shall 
determine the rates for that service on the same basis the utility 
uses to determine the rates for other commercial businesses, 
including hotels and motels, that serve transient customers and 
receive nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the 
utility.
	(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 
the commission has jurisdiction to enforce this section.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies to potable water or wastewater 
service provided on or after the effective date of this Act.  
Potable water or wastewater service provided before the effective 
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
service was provided, and that law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.