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By: Campbell |
S.B. No. 1086 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2013; March 12, 2013, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; |
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April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 15, 2013, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1086 |
By: Hegar |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority to regulate certain water and sewage |
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utilities to ensure public safety in and around certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 341.0358, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding |
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Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: |
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(1) "Industrial district" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 42.044, Local Government Code, and includes an area that is |
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designated by the governing body of a municipality as a zoned |
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industrial area. |
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(1-a) "Public utility" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 13.002, Water Code. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (g), Section 341.0358, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(g) This section also applies to: |
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(1) a municipality with a population of more than |
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36,000 and less than 41,000 located in two counties, one of which is |
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a county with a population of more than 1.8 million; |
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(2) a municipality, including any industrial district |
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within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with |
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a population of more than 7,000 and less than 30,000 located in a |
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county with a population of more than 155,000 and less than 180,000; |
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and |
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(3) a municipality, including any industrial district |
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within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with |
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a population of more than 11,000 and less than 18,000 located in a |
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county with a population of more than 125,000 and less than 230,000. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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