By: Larson, Burnam H.B. No. 252
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to water shortage reporting by water utilities and
providers of wholesale water supplies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 13.148 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.148. WATER SHORTAGE REPORT. (a) A retail public
utility and each entity from which the utility is obtaining
wholesale water
service for the utility's retail system shall:
(1) project the future period for which the utility's
or entity's water supply is a reasonably certain source for the
volume of water required for the utility's or entity's needs; and
(2) notify the commission when the utility or entity
is reasonably certain that the water supply will be available for
less than 180 days.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this
section and prescribe the form and content of notice required under
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.