83R758 RWG-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 857
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the frequency of water audits by certain retail public
utilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 16.0121(b), (c), and (f), Water Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) A [Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a] retail
public utility providing potable water [that receives from the
board financial assistance] shall perform and file with the board
an annual water audit computing the utility's system water loss
during the preceding year.
(c) The board shall develop appropriate methodologies and
submission dates for a water audit required under Subsection (b)
[or (b-1)] for the following categories of retail public utilities:
(1) retail public utilities serving populations of
100,000 or more;
(2) retail public utilities serving populations of
50,000 or more but less than 100,000;
(3) retail public utilities serving populations of
more than 10,000 but less than 50,000; and
(4) retail public utilities serving populations of
10,000 or less.
(f) The board shall compile the information included in the
water audits required by Subsection [Subsections] (b) [and (b-1)]
according to category of retail public utility and according to
regional water planning area. The regional planning group for a
regional planning area shall use the information to identify
appropriate water management strategies in the development of a
regional water plan under Section 16.053.
SECTION 2. Section 16.0121(b-1), Water Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. (a) The changes in law made by this Act do not
affect the date on which a retail public utility subject to Section
2, Chapter 1041 (H.B. 3090), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2011, is required to submit an annual water audit required
by Section 16.0121, Water Code.
(b) Not later than May 1, 2015, a retail public utility
that, immediately before the effective date of this Act, is subject
to Section 16.0121(b-1), Water Code, shall submit its initial
annual water audit required by Section 16.0121, Water Code, as
amended by this Act. The initial water audit shall compute the
utility's most recent annual system water loss.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.