By: Creighton (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 3090
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources; May 20, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3090 By: Nichols
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the frequency of water audits by certain retail public
utilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.0121, Water Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b), (c), and (f) and adding Subsection (b-1)
to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1) [Every five
years], a retail public utility providing potable water that
receives from the board financial assistance shall perform and file
with the board an annual [a] water audit computing the utility's
[most recent annual] system water loss during the preceding year.
(b-1) A retail public utility providing potable water that
does not receive from the board financial assistance shall perform
and file with the board every five years a water audit computing the
utility's most recent annual system water loss.
(c) The board shall develop appropriate methodologies and
submission dates for a water audit required under Subsection (b) or
(b-1) for the following categories of retail public utilities:
(1) retail public utilities serving populations of
100,000 or more;
(2) retail public utilities serving populations of
50,000 or more but less than 100,000;
(3) retail public utilities serving populations of
more than 10,000 [3,300] but less than 50,000; and
(4) retail public utilities serving populations of
10,000 [3,300] or less.
(f) The board shall compile the information included in the
water audits required by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (b-1)
according to category of retail public utility and according to
regional water planning area. The regional planning group for a
regional planning area shall use the information to identify
appropriate water management strategies in the development of a
regional water plan under Section 16.053.
SECTION 2. Not later than May 1, 2013, a retail public
utility that receives financial assistance from the Texas Water
Development Board, or a retail public utility that serves a
population of more than 10,000, shall submit the first annual
report required by Section 16.0121, Water Code, as amended by this
Act. The initial water audit report submitted by a retail public
utility under that section shall compute the utility's most recent
annual system water loss.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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