83R13128 DDT-D
 
  By: Callegari H.B. No. 2152
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to fees charged to certain recreational vehicle parks.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.087, Water Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  A municipally owned utility that provides nonsubmetered
  master metered utility service to a recreational vehicle park shall
  determine the rates for that service on the same basis the utility
  uses to determine the rates for other commercial businesses[,
  including hotels and motels,] that serve transient customers and
  receive nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the
  utility.
         (b-1)  A municipally owned utility that provides
  nonsubmetered master metered utility service to a recreational
  vehicle park may not charge a recreational vehicle 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.
         SECTION 2.  Section 49.351, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (m) to read as follows:
         (m)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
  district may not charge a fee to a recreational vehicle park, as
  defined by Section 13.087, on the basis of connections the park
  provides for the park's transient customers. A fee charged to a
  recreational vehicle park must be based on the park's nonsubmetered
  master meter connection.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.