84R5254 JAM-F
 
  By: Lucio III H.B. No. 949
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the obligation of certain retail public utilities to
  mitigate their system water loss.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 16.0121(g), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (g)  A retail public utility providing potable water that
  receives from the board financial assistance shall use a portion of
  that financial assistance, or any additional financial assistance
  provided by the board for the purpose described by this subsection,
  to mitigate the utility's system water loss if, based on a water
  audit filed by the utility under this section, the water loss meets
  or exceeds the threshold established by board rule. On the request
  of a retail public utility, the board may waive the requirements of
  this subsection if the board finds that the utility is
  satisfactorily addressing the utility's system water loss.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.