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By: Lucio III, Burnam (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) |
H.B. No. 857 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; |
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April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Natural Resources; May 9, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; |
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May 9, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 857 |
By: Ellis |
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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), (b-1), and (c), Water Code, |
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are 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 serving |
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a population of 3,300 or less shall perform and file with the board |
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every five years a water audit computing the utility's most recent |
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annual system water loss. |
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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) or |
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(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 or more but less than 50,000; [and] |
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(4) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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more than 3,300 but less than 10,000; and |
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(5) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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3,300 or less. |
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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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