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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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House Bill 1160 (the transfer of a certificate of convenience and |
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necessity in certain municipalities) to consider and take action |
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on the following matter: |
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Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the committee |
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to change text not in disagreement in proposed Section 1 of the |
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bill, in added Section 552.024(a), Local Government Code, to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to: |
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(1) a municipality that: |
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(A) has a population of not more than 2,500; |
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(B) is located in a county that: |
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(i) has a population of 1.7 million or |
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more; and |
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(ii) has two municipalities with a |
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population of 300,000 or more; and |
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(C) is served by a public utility that: |
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(i) provides service to the entire |
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municipality; and |
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(ii) charges rates for 5,000 gallons of |
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water for residential customers that are at least 50 percent |
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higher than the rates charged by a municipally owned utility that |
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serves another part of the county in which the municipality is |
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located; and |
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(2) a municipality: |
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(A) with a population of more than 95,000; |
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(B) located in a county that: |
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(i) borders Lake Palestine; and |
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(ii) has a population of more than |
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200,000; |
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(C) that owns and operates a utility that |
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provides sewer service; and |
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(D) that has an area within the boundaries of |
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the municipality that is certificated to another retail public |
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utility that provides sewer service. |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to specify the |
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municipalities to which the added section will apply. |
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_______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 23, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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_______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |