| 1 | 1 | | 81R10639 TRH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rios Ybarra, Lucio III H.B. No. 2134 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the frequency of water audits by certain retail public |
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| 8 | 8 | | utilities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 16.0121, Water Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsections (b), (c), and (f) and adding Subsection (b-1) |
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| 12 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1) [Every five |
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| 14 | 14 | | years], a retail public utility providing potable water shall |
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| 15 | 15 | | perform and file with the board an annual [a] water audit computing |
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| 16 | 16 | | the utility's [most recent annual] system water loss during the |
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| 17 | 17 | | preceding year. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b-1) A retail public utility providing potable water that |
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| 19 | 19 | | serves populations of 3,300 or less and that does not receive any |
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| 20 | 20 | | form of financial assistance from the board shall perform and file |
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| 21 | 21 | | with the board every five years a water audit computing the |
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| 22 | 22 | | utility's most recent annual system water loss. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The board shall develop appropriate methodologies and |
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| 24 | 24 | | submission dates for a water audit required under Subsection (b) or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b-1) for the following categories of retail public utilities: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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| 27 | 27 | | 100,000 or more; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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| 29 | 29 | | 50,000 or more but less than 100,000; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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| 31 | 31 | | more than 3,300 but less than 50,000; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) retail public utilities serving populations of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3,300 or less. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (f) The board shall compile the information included in the |
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| 35 | 35 | | water audits required by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (b-1) |
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| 36 | 36 | | according to category of retail public utility and according to |
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| 37 | 37 | | regional water planning area. The regional planning group for a |
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| 38 | 38 | | regional planning area shall use the information to identify |
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| 39 | 39 | | appropriate water management strategies in the development of a |
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| 40 | 40 | | regional water plan under Section 16.053. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. Not later than May 1, 2011, a retail public |
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| 42 | 42 | | utility that receives financial assistance from the Texas Water |
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| 43 | 43 | | Development Board, or a retail public utility that serves a |
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| 44 | 44 | | population of more than 3,300, shall submit the first annual report |
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| 45 | 45 | | required by Section 16.0121, as amended by this Act. The initial |
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| 46 | 46 | | water audit report submitted by a retail public utility under that |
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| 47 | 47 | | section shall compute the utility's most recent annual system water |
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| 48 | 48 | | loss. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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