82R31709 SLB-D
By: Smith of Harris H.R. No. 2572
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 2694 (continuation and
functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), to
consider and take action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the
committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed Section
6.03 of the bill, in amended Section 5.701(n)(1), Water Code, to
read as follows:
(1) Each provider of potable water or sewer utility
service shall collect a regulatory assessment from each retail
customer as follows:
(A) A public utility as defined in Section 13.002
[of this code] shall collect from each retail customer a regulatory
assessment equal to one percent of the charge for retail water or
sewer service.
(B) A water supply or sewer service corporation
as defined in Section 13.002 [of this code] shall collect from each
retail customer a regulatory assessment equal to one-half of one
percent of the charge for retail water or sewer service.
(C) A district as defined in Section 49.001 [of
this code] that provides potable water or sewer utility service to
retail customers shall collect from each retail customer a
regulatory assessment equal to one-half of one percent of the
charge for retail water or sewer service.
Explanation: This change is necessary to remove a change to
the regulatory assessment collected by certain water supply or
sewer service corporations.