79R415 JJT-D

By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 1063



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the rates of certain retail public utilities.                     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 10.08(a), Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The changes in law made by this article to Chapter 13, 
Water Code, apply to a proceeding in which the Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality has not issued a final order before September 
1, 2001 [the effective date of this article; provided, however, 
that this article does not apply to a public utility that provided 
utility service in only 24 counties on January 1, 2003.  The 
provisions of Chapter 13, Water Code, that were in effect before 
September 1, 2001, apply to those public utilities].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.