85R8050 GRM-F
By: Cyrier H.B. No. 2322
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of petitions to release an area for
certificates of public convenience and necessity for water or sewer
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.254, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (a-12) to read as follows:
(a-12) Subsection (a-5) does not apply to a county:
(1) with a population of more than 70,000 and less than
100,000 and contains a portion of the Colorado River; and
(2) that is adjacent to a county with a population of
one million or more.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by Section 13.254, Water
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a petition filed on or
after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed before the
effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the
date the petition is filed, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.