By: Callegari H.B. No. 2152
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees for certain recreational vehicle parks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Section 13.087, Water Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13.087. MUNICIPAL RATES FOR CERTAIN RECREATIONAL
VEHICLE PARKS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Nonsubmetered master metered utility service"
means potable water service that is master metered but not
submetered and wastewater service that is based on master metered
potable water service.
(2) "Recreational vehicle" includes a:
(A) "house trailer" as that term is defined by
Section 501.002, Transportation Code; and
(B) "towable recreational vehicle" as that term
is defined by Section 541.201, Transportation Code.
(3) "Recreational vehicle park" means a commercial
property on which service connections are made for recreational
vehicle transient guest use and for which fees are paid at intervals
of one day or longer.
(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. Fees may not be assessed by the municipality that would
not otherwise apply to any other commercial businesses.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
the commission has jurisdiction to enforce this section.
SECTION 2. Chapter 49, Subchapter L, Water Code, is amended
by adding subsection (m) as follows:
(m) fees for recreational vehicle parks shall be based only
on the nonsubmetered master meter connection.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.