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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to select the |
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lowest-cost provider of water supply and sewer services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 412, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 412.017 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 412.017. COUNTY CHOICE OF WATER SUPPLY AND SEWER |
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SERVICE UTILITY. (a) This section applies only to a county |
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contracting for water supply and sewer services for a county-owned |
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building that is located: |
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(1) within the service area of a water supply |
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corporation that has, for that area, a certificate of convenience |
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and necessity issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality; and |
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(2) within the boundaries of a municipality that |
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provides water supply and sewer services to its service areas under |
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the municipality's certificates of convenience and necessity |
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issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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(b) The commissioners court of the county may determine |
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whether the water supply corporation or the municipality can |
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reliably provide water supply and sewer services to the county |
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building at the lowest cost to the county. The commissioners court |
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may contract with the lowest-cost provider to provide those |
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services to the building. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |