79R8389 JJT-F

By:  Gattis                                                       H.B. No. 2014



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for 
water and sewer utility service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 13, Water Code, is 
repealed.               
	SECTION 2.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
shall cease issuing and amending certificates of public convenience 
and necessity for water utility service and sewer utility service.
	SECTION 3.  All certificates of public convenience and 
necessity for water utility service and for sewer utility service 
issued before the effective date of this Act by the Texas Commission 
on Environmental Quality or a predecessor agency have no effect as 
of the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  The holder of a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity for water utility service and for sewer 
utility service issued before the effective date of this Act by the 
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or a predecessor agency 
is not entitled to compensation for the annulment of the 
certificate by this Act.
	SECTION 5.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
shall repeal all of the agency's rules related to certificates of 
public convenience and necessity for water utility service and for 
sewer utility service as soon as practicable after the effective 
date of this Act.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.