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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain retail public utilities affected by single |
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certification in incoporated or annexed areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (j), Section 13.255, Water Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(j) This section shall apply only in a case where: |
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(1) the retail public utility that is authorized to |
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serve in the certificated area that is annexed or incorporated by |
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the municipality is a nonprofit water supply or sewer service |
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corporation, a special utility district under Chapter 65, Water |
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Code, or a fresh water supply district under Chapter 53, Water Code; |
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[or] |
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(2) the retail public utility that is authorized to |
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serve in the certificated area that is annexed or incorporated by |
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the municipality is a retail public utility, other than a nonprofit |
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water supply or sewer service corporation, and whose service area |
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is located entirely within the boundaries of a municipality with a |
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population of 1.7 million or more according to the most recent |
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federal census; or |
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(3) the retail public utility that is authorized to |
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serve in the certificated area that is annexed or incorporated by |
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the municipality is a retail public utility, other than a nonprofit |
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water supply or sewer service corporation, and the service area to |
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be acquired is located entirely within the boundaries of a |
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municipality with a population of more than 30,000 that is in a |
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county that has a population of less than 90,000 and borders Lake |
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Ray Hubbard. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |