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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the notification provided by a municipality to a retail |
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public utility of the municipality's intent to provide water or |
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sewer service in an incorporated or annexed area. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 13.255(b) and (b-1), Water Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) If an agreement is not executed within 180 days after |
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the municipality[, in writing,] notifies the retail public utility |
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of its intent to provide service to the incorporated or annexed |
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area, and if the municipality desires and intends to provide retail |
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utility service to the area, the municipality, prior to providing |
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service to the area, shall file an application with the utility |
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commission to grant single certification to the municipally owned |
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water or sewer utility or to a franchised utility. If an |
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application for single certification is filed, the utility |
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commission shall fix a time and place for a hearing and give notice |
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of the hearing to the municipality and franchised utility, if any, |
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and notice of the application and hearing to the retail public |
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utility. |
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(b-1) On the day a municipality submits an application for |
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single certification to the utility commission under this section, |
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the municipality shall send, via certified mail, [or] hand |
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delivery, or e-mail, a copy of the application to the retail public |
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utility. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and |
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necessity that commences on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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A proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and |
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necessity that commenced before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding is |
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commenced, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |