H.B. No. 857
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) and (b-1), Water Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) 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.
(b-1) A retail public utility providing potable water that
does not receive from the board financial assistance and is
providing service to 3,300 or fewer connections shall perform and
file with the board every five years a water audit computing the
utility's most recent annual system water loss.
SECTION 2. Not later than May 1, 2014, a retail public
utility shall submit its initial annual water audit required by
Section 16.0121(b), Water Code, as amended by this Act. The initial
water audit shall compute the utility's most recent annual system
water loss.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 857 was passed by the House on April
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 857 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, 2
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 857 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor