By: Deuell S.B. No. 1414
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain retail public utilities affected by single
certification in incoporated or annexed areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (j), Section 13.255, Water Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(j) This section shall apply only in a case where:
(1) the retail public utility that is authorized to
serve in the certificated area that is annexed or incorporated by
the municipality is a nonprofit water supply or sewer service
corporation, a special utility district under Chapter 65, Water
Code, or a fresh water supply district under Chapter 53, Water Code;
[or]
(2) the retail public utility that is authorized to
serve in the certificated area that is annexed or incorporated by
the municipality is a retail public utility, other than a nonprofit
water supply or sewer service corporation, and whose service area
is located entirely within the boundaries of a municipality with a
population of 1.7 million or more according to the most recent
federal census; or
(3) the retail public utility that is authorized to
serve in the certificated area that is annexed or incorporated by
the municipality is a retail public utility, other than a nonprofit
water supply or sewer service corporation, and the service area to
be acquired is located entirely within the boundaries of a
municipality with a population of more than 30,000 that is in a
county that has a population of less than 90,000 and borders Lake
Ray Hubbard.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.