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| 1 | 1 | 81R11051 TRH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miller of Comal H.B. No. 3501 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of owners and managers of apartment | |
| 8 | 8 | houses to assess a service charge for the submetering of water and | |
| 9 | 9 | wastewater services. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Sections 13.503(c) and (d), Water Code, are | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (c) In addition to the charges permitted under Subsection | |
| 14 | 14 | (b), the rules shall authorize the owner or manager of a | |
| 15 | 15 | manufactured home rental community or apartment house [owner or | |
| 16 | 16 | manager] to impose a service charge of not more than nine percent of | |
| 17 | 17 | the costs related to submetering allocated to each submetered | |
| 18 | 18 | rental or dwelling unit. | |
| 19 | 19 | (d) For purposes of Subsection (c), "costs related to | |
| 20 | 20 | submetering" means water costs as well as any other applicable | |
| 21 | 21 | taxes and surcharges that are charged by the retail public utility | |
| 22 | 22 | to the owner or manager of a manufactured home rental community or | |
| 23 | 23 | apartment house [owner or manager]. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |