By: Watson, Nichols S.B. No. 1163 (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2013; March 12, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; April 10, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 10, 2013, sent to printer.) A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to requirements for consolidating water and sewer utilities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 13.145, Water Code, is repealed. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. * * * * *