H.B. No. 1295
AN ACT
relating to notification of an application related to a certificate
of public convenience and necessity for water or sewer service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.246(a), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) If an application for a certificate of public
convenience and necessity or for an amendment to a certificate is
filed, the commission shall cause notice of the application to be
given to affected parties and to each county and groundwater
conservation district that is wholly or partly included in the area
proposed to be certified. If [, if] requested, the commission shall
fix a time and place for a hearing and give notice of the
hearing. Any person affected by the application may intervene at
the hearing.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
13.246(a), Water Code, applies only to an application for a
certificate of public convenience and necessity or an amendment to
a certificate filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application filed before the effective date of this Act is subject
to the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1295 was passed by the House on May
15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1295 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor