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AN ACT
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relating to the frequency of water audits by certain retail public |
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utilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 16.0121(b) and (b-1), Water Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a retail public |
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utility providing potable water [that receives from the board
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financial assistance] shall perform and file with the board an |
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annual water audit computing the utility's system water loss during |
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the preceding year. |
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(b-1) A retail public utility providing potable water that |
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does not receive from the board financial assistance and is |
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providing service to 3,300 or fewer connections shall perform and |
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file with the board every five years a water audit computing the |
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utility's most recent annual system water loss. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than May 1, 2014, a retail public |
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utility shall submit its initial annual water audit required by |
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Section 16.0121(b), Water Code, as amended by this Act. The initial |
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water audit shall compute the utility's most recent annual system |
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water loss. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 857 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 857 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, 2 |
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present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 857 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |