By: Dean (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 4106
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
  May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
  Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         PerryX
         HancockX
         BlancoX
         FloresX
         GutierrezX
         JohnsonX
         KolkhorstX
         SparksX
         SpringerX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints
  before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter M, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 13.5051 to read as follows:
         Sec. 13.5051.  SIMPLIFIED COMPLAINT PROCESS. (a) The
  utility commission by rule may adopt a simplified procedure to
  resolve a complaint by a tenant against an owner about a bill for
  water or wastewater service brought under Section 13.503, 13.5031,
  or 13.505. 
         (b)  Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to the
  resolution of a complaint using a procedure described in Subsection
  (a).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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