H.B. No. 3232
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the suspension of an enforcement action against a
  regional water supply, sewer, or wastewater treatment service for a
  violation committed by a retail public utility being integrated
  into the regional service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 7.0026, Water Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 7.0026.  SUSPENSION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST
  CERTAIN REGIONAL WATER, SEWER, OR SOLID WASTE SERVICES.  (a)  In
  this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 13.002.
         (b)  If a water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid
  waste disposal service operated by or for a municipality or county
  is being integrated into a regional water supply, sewer, wastewater
  treatment, or solid waste disposal service, the commission may
  enter into a compliance agreement with the regional service under
  which the commission will not initiate an enforcement action
  against the regional service for existing or anticipated violations
  resulting from the operation by the regional service of the service
  being integrated. A compliance agreement under this section must
  include provisions necessary to bring the service being integrated
  into compliance.
         (c)  If a water supply, sewer, or wastewater treatment
  service operated by a retail public utility, other than a
  municipality or county, is being integrated into a regional water
  supply, sewer, or wastewater treatment service administered by
  another entity, the commission may enter into a compliance
  agreement with the regional service under which the commission will
  not initiate an enforcement action against the regional service for
  existing or anticipated violations resulting from the operation by
  the regional service of the service being integrated. A compliance
  agreement under this section must include provisions necessary to
  bring the service being integrated into compliance.
         (d)  This section does not prohibit the commission from
  initiating an enforcement action against a regional service that is
  a party to a compliance agreement if the regional service does not
  substantially comply with the agreement.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules as necessary
  to implement Section 7.0026(c), Water Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3232 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 8, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3232 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor