82R2240 TRH-F
 
  By: Laubenberg H.B. No. 1319
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the calculation and reporting of water usage and
  conservation by municipalities and water utilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 16.403 to read as follows:
         Sec. 16.403.  WATER USE AND CONSERVATION CALCULATION AND
  REPORTING.  (a)  The board and the commission, in consultation with
  the Water Conservation Advisory Council, shall develop a uniform
  system for calculating water use and conservation to be used by a
  municipality or water utility in developing water conservation
  plans and preparing reports required under this code. At a minimum,
  the system must include:
               (1)  a method of calculating water use for each sector
  of water users served by a municipality or water utility;
               (2)  a method of classifying water users within
  sectors;
               (3)  a method of calculating water use in the
  residential sector that includes both single-family and
  multifamily residences, in gallons per capita per day;
               (4)  a method of calculating water use in the
  commercial and institutional sectors that is dependent on a
  municipality's population or the number of customers served by a
  water utility;
               (5)  a method of calculating water use in the
  industrial and agricultural sectors that is not dependent on a
  municipality's population or the number of customers served by a
  water utility; and
               (6)  guidelines on the use of service populations by a
  municipality or water utility in developing a per-capita-based
  method of calculation, including guidance on the use of permanent
  and temporary populations in making calculations.
         (b)  The board or the commission, as appropriate, shall use
  the system developed under Subsection (a) in evaluating a water
  conservation plan, program of water conservation, survey, or other
  report relating to water conservation submitted to the board or the
  commission under:
               (1)  Section 11.1271;
               (2)  Section 13.146;
               (3)  Section 15.106;
               (4)  Section 15.995;
               (5)  Section 16.012(m);
               (6)  Section 17.125(b); or
               (7)  Section 17.857(b).
         (c)  Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
  board shall submit to the legislature a report that includes the
  most recent data relating to statewide water usage in each major
  water use sector described by Subsections (a)(3) and (4).
         SECTION 2.  (a) Not later than January 1, 2013, the Texas
  Water Development Board and the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality, in consultation with the Water Conservation Advisory
  Council, shall develop the water use and conservation calculation
  system required by Section 16.403(a), Water Code, as added by this
  Act.
         (b)  Not later than January 1, 2015, the Texas Water
  Development Board shall submit to the legislature the first report
  required by Section 16.403(c), Water Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.