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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the executive director of the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality in relation to establishing |
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water and sewer utility rates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (h), Section 13.043, Water Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(h) The commission or executive director may[, on a motion
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by the executive director or by the appellant under Subsection (a),
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(b), or (f) of this section,] establish interim rates to be in |
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effect until a final decision is made in an appeal filed under |
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Subsection (a), (b), or (f). |
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SECTION 2. Subsections (b) and (l), Section 13.187, Water |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A copy of the statement of intent shall be mailed or |
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delivered to the appropriate offices of each affected municipality, |
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to the executive director, and to any [other] affected persons as |
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required by the regulatory authority's rules. |
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(l) At any time during the pendency of the rate proceeding |
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the regulatory authority or, if the regulatory authority is the |
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commission, the executive director may fix interim rates to remain |
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in effect until a final determination is made on the proposed rate. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |