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  By: Zaffirini, LaMantia  S.B. No. 594
         (In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2023; February 17, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture &
  Rural Affairs; April 4, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;
  April 4, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 594 By:  Hancock
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to requirements for and charges for service from public
  drinking water supply systems.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 341.0315, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Each public drinking water supply system shall provide
  an adequate and safe drinking water supply. The supply must:
               (1)  meet the requirements of Section 341.031 and
  commission rules; and
               (2)  provide a quantity of water or capacity of water
  sufficient to serve the number of connections served by the public
  drinking water supply system, unless the water system is a
  noncommunity nontransient water system.
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule
  shall establish connection equivalency values for each meter size
  used to serve a recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section
  13.087, Water Code, for use in determining the number of
  connections served by a public drinking water supply system that
  provides service through meters. When determining the number of
  connections, the commission may only consider service for which a
  meter has been installed that conforms with industry standards.
  The rules must:
               (1)  establish that eight recreational vehicle or cabin
  sites at a recreational vehicle park, whether occupied or not, are
  equivalent to one residential metered connection; and
               (2)  provide a variance from a connection equivalency
  value established under this subsection for a public drinking water
  supply system if actual system usage is more than 10 percent below
  the equivalency value.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 13.152 to read as follows:
         Sec. 13.152.  BILLING FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS. (a)  
  In this section, "recreational vehicle park" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 13.087.
         (b)  A retail public utility, other than a municipally owned
  utility described by Section 13.087, providing water or sewer
  service to a recreational vehicle park:
               (1)  shall ensure that billing for the service is based
  on actual water usage recorded by the retail public utility; and
               (2)  may not impose a surcharge based on the number of
  recreational vehicle or cabin sites in the recreational vehicle
  park.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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