By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 1063
	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 
April 18, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 18, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1063                                   By:  Staples


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.  Subsection (a), Section 10.08, 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.  Section 13.145, Water Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 13.145.  MULTIPLE SYSTEMS CONSOLIDATED UNDER TARIFF.  
(a)  A utility may consolidate more than one system under a single 
tariff only if:
		(1)  the systems under the tariff are substantially 
similar in terms of facilities, quality of service, and cost of 
service; and
		(2)  the tariff provides for rates that promote water 
conservation for single-family residences and landscape 
irrigation.
	(b)  This section does not apply to a public utility that 
provided utility service in only 24 counties on January 1, 2003.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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