By: Springer, Frank (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 2788
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to
require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water
conservation measures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 13.1461 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.1461. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH
CONSERVATION MEASURES. A retail public utility may require the
operator of a correctional facility, as defined by Section
1.07(14), Penal Code, that receives retail water or sewer utility
service from the retail public utility to comply with water
conservation measures adopted or implemented by the retail public
utility.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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