Amend SB 2185 on third reading as follows:
(1) In SECTION 6(a), as added by Amendment No. 1 by Canales, strike "reporters" and substitute "reports".
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended by adding Section 49.2127 to read as follows:
Sec. 49.2127. PIPELINE FEES AND REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) In this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 13.002.
(b) This section applies only to a district whose territory is located wholly or partly in a county:
(1) located on the Gulf of Mexico and an international border; or
(2) adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1).
(c) Notwithstanding Section 49.002, this section prevails over a special law governing a district.
(d) A district may not impose on a retail public utility that proposes to construct a water or sewer pipeline or associated infrastructure in the district's service area:
(1) requirements for constructing the pipeline that are unduly burdensome; or
(2) a fee that is greater than the actual, reasonable, and documented costs incurred by the district for review, legal services, engineering services, inspection, construction, and repair associated with the retail public utility construction, and any other related costs incurred by the district in association with the retail public utility construction.
SECTION ____. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS. The district shall publish once before each election to elect members of the board of directors of the district the procedure for conducting an election to elect members of the board of directors of the district in a newspaper of general circulation in each municipality or county in which the district or a portion of the district is located.