By: Campbell S.B. No. 1086
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority to regulate certain water and sewage
utilities to ensure public safety in and around certain
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 341.0358, Health and
Safety Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding
Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows:
(1) "Industrial district" has the meaning assigned by
Section 42.044, Local Government Code, and includes an area that is
designated by the governing body of a municipality as a zoned
industrial area.
(1-a) "Public utility" has the meaning assigned by
Section 13.002, Water Code.
SECTION 2. Subsection (g), Section 341.0358, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(g) This section also applies to:
(1) a municipality with a population of more than
36,000 and less than 41,000 located in two counties, one of which is
a county with a population of more than 1.8 million;
(2) a municipality, including any industrial district
within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with
a population of more than 7,000 and less than 30,000 located in a
county with a population of more than 155,000 and less than 180,000;
and
(3) a municipality, including any industrial district
within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with
a population of more than 11,000 and less than 18,000 located in a
county with a population of more than 125,000 and less than 230,000.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.