By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 893
         (In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2023; March 1, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture &
  Rural Affairs; April 18, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  April 18, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 893 By:  Hancock
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the correction of a certificate of public convenience
  and necessity for providing water or sewer utility service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.244, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
         (e)  The executive director of the utility commission, at the
  discretion of the executive director of the utility commission or
  on the request of the certificate holder, may make a correction to a
  certificate of public convenience and necessity, without observing
  formal amendment procedures, by reissuing the certificate or
  issuing an endorsement to the certificate.  The executive director
  of the utility commission shall notify the certificate holder that
  the correction has been made and ensure that the reissued
  certificate or endorsement is recorded in the commission's records.  
  The executive director of the utility commission may make a
  correction under this subsection only:
               (1)  to correct a clerical or typographical error;
               (2)  to change the name of an incorporated certificate
  holder on a certificate if:
                     (A)  an amendment to the certificate holder's
  articles of incorporation or certificate of formation, as
  applicable, is filed with the secretary of state that only changes
  the name of the certificate holder; and
                     (B)  the certificate holder provides verification
  from the secretary of state to the commission that the amendment
  only changed the name of the certificate holder;
               (3)  to correct a mapping error in a certificate to
  reflect the metes and bounds of the certificated area; or
               (4)  to correct another similar nonsubstantive error or
  matter if authorized by the commission by rule.
         (f)  The executive director of the utility commission may not
  make a correction under Subsection (e)(3) unless the certificate
  holder:
               (1)  submits to the executive director of the utility
  commission a written agreement between all affected persons about
  the correction; and
               (2)  provides notice of the correction to any customers
  of the certificate holder affected by the correction.
         SECTION 2.  Section 13.246(j), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (j)  This section does not apply to an application under
  Section 13.258 or a correction under Section 13.244(e).
         SECTION 3.  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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