By: Callegari (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2152
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees charged to certain recreational vehicle parks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.087, Water Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) A municipally owned utility that provides nonsubmetered
master metered utility service to a recreational vehicle park shall
determine the rates for that service on the same basis the utility
uses to determine the rates for other commercial businesses[,
including hotels and motels,] that serve transient customers and
receive nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the
utility.
(b-1) A municipally owned utility that provides
nonsubmetered master metered utility service to a recreational
vehicle park may not charge a recreational vehicle park a fee that
the utility does not charge other commercial businesses that serve
transient customers and receive nonsubmetered master metered
utility service from the utility.
SECTION 2. Section 49.351, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (m) to read as follows:
(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
district may not charge a fee to a recreational vehicle park, as
defined by Section 13.087, on the basis of connections the park
provides for the park's transient customers. A fee charged to a
recreational vehicle park must be based on the park's nonsubmetered
master meter connection.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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