BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2152 |
By: Callegari |
Urban Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Recent legislative efforts had the intent of requiring a municipally owned utility that provides nonsubmetered master metered utility service to a recreational vehicle park to determine the rates for that service on the same basis the utility uses to determine the rates for other commercial businesses that receive nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the utility. Interested parties have raised concerns that certain municipalities have not treated recreational vehicle parks as a commercial business for the purposes of certain water fees. C.S.H.B. 2152 seeks to clarify existing law to ensure that these parks are treated similarly to commercial businesses in regard to certain water fees.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2152 amends the Water Code to prohibit a municipality with a municipally owned utility that provides nonsubmetered master metered utility service to a recreational vehicle park from charging the park a fee that the utility does not charge other commercial businesses that serve transient customers and receive nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the utility. The bill prohibits certain general and special law districts that provide potable water or sewer service to household users and that establish, operate, or maintain a fire department from imposing a fire department service fee to a recreational vehicle park on the basis of connections the park provides for the park's transient customers. The bill requires a service fee imposed on a recreational vehicle park to be based on the nonsubmetered master meter connection.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2152 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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