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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of owners and managers of apartment |
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houses to assess a service charge for the submetering of water and |
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wastewater services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 13.503, Water Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), in [In] addition |
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to the charges permitted under Subsection (b), the rules shall |
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authorize the owner or manager of a manufactured home rental |
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community or apartment house [owner or manager] to impose a service |
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charge of not more than nine percent of the costs related to |
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submetering allocated to each submetered rental or dwelling unit. |
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(c-1) The rules may not authorize the owner or manager of an |
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apartment house to impose a service charge under Subsection (c) on a |
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resident who: |
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(1) resides in a unit of an apartment house that has |
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received an allocation of low income housing tax credits under |
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Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code; or |
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(2) receives tenant-based voucher assistance under |
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Section 8, United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Section |
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1437f). |
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(d) For purposes of Subsection (c), "costs related to |
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submetering" means water costs as well as any other applicable |
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taxes and surcharges that are charged by the retail public utility |
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to the owner or manager of a manufactured home rental community or |
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apartment house [owner or manager]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2126 passed the Senate on |
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April 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 14, 2009, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2126 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 11, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 3, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |