81R5045 TRH-F
By: Laubenberg H.B. No. 3256
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority to consolidate water utility systems
under a single tariff.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.145(a), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A utility may consolidate more than one system under a
single tariff on a regional or statewide basis [only] if[:
[(1) the systems under the tariff are substantially
similar in terms of facilities, quality of service, and cost of
service; and
[(2)] the tariff provides for rates that promote water
conservation for single-family residences and landscape
irrigation.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an application for approval of a tariff filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application filed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the application is filed, and that law is continued in effect
for this purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.