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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting on the provision of water and sewer services |
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by certain utilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 13.150 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.150. REPORTS REQUIRED FOR WATER AND SEWER |
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UTILITIES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a Class B or |
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Class C utility shall deliver to the utility commission a report of |
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the utility's financial, managerial, and technical capacity to |
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provide continuous and adequate service to its customers not later |
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than the third anniversary of the date that the utility violates a |
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final order of the commission by failing to: |
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(1) provide system capacity that is greater than the |
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required raw water or groundwater production rate or the |
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anticipated daily demand of the system; |
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(2) provide a minimum pressure of 35 pounds per square |
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inch throughout the distribution system under normal operating |
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conditions; or |
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(3) maintain accurate or properly calibrated testing |
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equipment or other means of monitoring the effectiveness of a |
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chemical treatment or pathogen inactivation or removal process. |
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(b) A Class B or Class C utility that has an existing |
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obligation to deliver a report under Subsection (a) is not required |
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to deliver another report as a result of the occurrence of an event |
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described by Subsection (a) if the event occurs before the date that |
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the utility delivers the report required by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, a Class B or Class C utility that, not more than three |
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years before the effective date of this Act, violated an order |
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described by Section 13.150(a), Water Code, as added by this Act, |
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shall submit a report described by Section 13.150(a), Water Code, |
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as added by this Act, not later than the fifth anniversary of the |
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event. |
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(b) A Class B or Class C utility that has an existing |
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obligation to deliver a report under Subsection (a) of this section |
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is not required to deliver another report as a result of the |
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occurrence of an event described by Section 13.150(a), Water Code, |
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as added by this Act, if the event occurs before the date that the |
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utility delivers the report required by Subsection (a) of this |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |