H.R. No. 2572

R E S O L U T I O N

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House Bill 2694 (continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), to consider and take action on the following matter:

House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed Section 6.03 of the bill, in amended Section 5.701(n)(1), Water Code, to read as follows:

(1) Each provider of potable water or sewer utility service shall collect a regulatory assessment from each retail customer as follows:

(A) A public utility as defined in Section 13.002 [of this code] shall collect from each retail customer a regulatory assessment equal to one percent of the charge for retail water or sewer service.

(B) A water supply or sewer service corporation as defined in Section 13.002 [of this code] shall collect from each retail customer a regulatory assessment equal to one-half of one percent of the charge for retail water or sewer service.

(C) A district as defined in Section 49.001 [of this code] that provides potable water or sewer utility service to retail customers shall collect from each retail customer a regulatory assessment equal to one-half of one percent of the charge for retail water or sewer service.

Explanation: This change is necessary to remove a change to the regulatory assessment collected by certain water supply or sewer service corporations.

Smith of Harris

______________________________ Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 2572 was adopted by the House on May 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House