By: Creighton  S.B. No. 2322
         (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Water & Rural Affairs;
  April 11, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 4,
  Nays 3; April 11, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to rates established by municipalities for water and sewer
  services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 13.0835 to read as follows:
         Sec. 13.0835.  PROHIBITION ON RATE DISCRIMINATION. A
  municipality or a municipally owned utility may not establish a
  rate applicable only to entities that qualify for a sales tax or ad
  valorem tax exemption that is higher than a rate established for
  entities that receive comparable utility services.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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