BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 294 |
By: Walle |
Natural Resources |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note that residents living in unincorporated areas of counties often depend on investor-owned water and sewer utilities for residential water and wastewater services. The parties contend, however, that some of these residents experience issues with water quality or loss of water service and that such issues are not adequately resolved. C.S.H.B. 294 seeks to address this issue by expanding the circumstances under which the attorney general is required to bring suit for the appointment of a receiver to collect the assets and carry on the business of a water or sewer utility on certain request.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 294 amends the Water Code to include as a water or sewer utility for which the attorney general is required to bring suit for the appointment of a receiver to collect the assets and carry on the business of the utility at the request of the Public Utility Commission of Texas or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality a water or sewer utility that violates a final judgment issued by a district court in a suit brought by the attorney general under water rates and services provisions, certain water administration enforcement provisions, or Health and Safety Code provisions relating to minimum standards of sanitation and health protection measures.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 294 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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