H.B. No. 252
AN ACT
relating to water shortage reporting by water utilities and
providers of wholesale water service.
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
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the House on April
19, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 252 on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 3
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor