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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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), (c), and (f), Water Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A [Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a] retail |
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public utility providing potable water [that receives from the
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board financial assistance] shall perform and file with the board |
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an annual water audit computing the utility's system water loss |
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during the preceding year. |
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(c) The board shall develop appropriate methodologies and |
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submission dates for a water audit required under Subsection (b) |
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[or (b-1)] for the following categories of retail public utilities: |
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(1) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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100,000 or more; |
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(2) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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50,000 or more but less than 100,000; |
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(3) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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more than 10,000 but less than 50,000; and |
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(4) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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10,000 or less. |
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(f) The board shall compile the information included in the |
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water audits required by Subsection [Subsections] (b) [and (b-1)] |
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according to category of retail public utility and according to |
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regional water planning area. The regional planning group for a |
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regional planning area shall use the information to identify |
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appropriate water management strategies in the development of a |
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regional water plan under Section 16.053. |
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SECTION 2. Section 16.0121(b-1), Water Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The changes in law made by this Act do not |
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affect the date on which a retail public utility subject to Section |
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2, Chapter 1041 (H.B. 3090), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2011, is required to submit an annual water audit required |
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by Section 16.0121, Water Code. |
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(b) Not later than May 1, 2015, a retail public utility |
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that, immediately before the effective date of this Act, is subject |
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to Section 16.0121(b-1), Water Code, shall submit its initial |
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annual water audit required by Section 16.0121, Water Code, as |
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amended by this Act. The initial water audit shall compute the |
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utility's most recent annual system water loss. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |