H.B. No. 2152
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2152 was passed by the House on May 4,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 2152 on May 23, 2013, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 2152 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2152 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
2152 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor