82R1654 JXC-F
By: Nichols, Gallegos, Patrick S.B. No. 635
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the executive director of the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality in relation to establishing
water and sewer utility rates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.043(h), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(h) The commission or executive director may[, on a motion
by the executive director or by the appellant under Subsection (a),
(b), or (f) of this section,] establish interim rates to be in
effect until a final decision is made in an appeal filed under
Subsection (a), (b), or (f).
SECTION 2. Sections 13.187(b) and (l), Water Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) A copy of the statement of intent shall be mailed or
delivered to the appropriate offices of each affected municipality,
to the executive director, and to any [other] affected persons as
required by the regulatory authority's rules.
(l) At any time during the pendency of the rate proceeding
the regulatory authority or, if the regulatory authority is the
commission, the executive director may fix interim rates to remain
in effect until a final determination is made on the proposed rate.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.