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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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. Sections 13.503(c) and (d), Water Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) In addition to the charges permitted under Subsection |
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(b), the rules shall authorize the owner or manager of a |
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manufactured home rental community or apartment house [owner or
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manager] to impose a service charge of not more than nine percent of |
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the costs related to submetering allocated to each submetered |
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rental or dwelling unit. |
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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. |