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