82R21651 ALL-D
By: Creighton H.B. No. 3090
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3090:
By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 3090
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 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
serves populations of 10,000 or less and that does not receive any
form of financial assistance from the board 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.