83R20613 RWG-D
By: Lucio III, Burnam H.B. No. 857
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 857:
By: Keffer C.S.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), (b-1), and (c), 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 serving
a population of 3,300 or less shall perform and file with the board
every five years a water audit computing the utility's most recent
annual system water loss.
(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 or more but less than 50,000; [and]
(4) retail public utilities serving populations of
more than 3,300 but less than 10,000; and
(5) retail public utilities serving populations of
3,300 or less.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 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.