| |
|
| |
|
|
By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Perry) |
H.B. No. 949 |
|
|
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; |
|
|
April 23, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
|
|
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 5, 2015, reported |
|
|
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2015, sent |
|
|
to printer.) |
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
COMMITTEE VOTE |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
YeaNayAbsentPNV |
|
|
PerryX |
|
|
ZaffiriniX |
|
|
CreightonX |
|
|
HallX |
|
|
HinojosaX |
|
|
KolkhorstX |
|
|
RodríguezX |
|
|
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
|
|
* * * * * |