| 1 | 1 | | 86R13071 BRG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 1583 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the sources of supply of water for certain municipally |
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| 8 | 8 | | owned water utilities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Local Government |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 552.025 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 552.025. MULTIPLE SOURCES OF SUPPLY FOR CERTAIN |
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| 13 | 13 | | MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES. (a) In this section, "municipally |
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| 14 | 14 | | owned utility" and "utility" have the meanings assigned by Section |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13.002, Water Code. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) This section applies only to a municipally owned utility |
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| 17 | 17 | | that serves: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) a municipality with a population of more than |
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| 19 | 19 | | 500,000; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) offices or other facilities of a state agency. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) A municipally owned utility shall have at least two |
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| 22 | 22 | | sources of water supply available to the utility for the purposes of |
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| 23 | 23 | | the provision of its services. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (d) A municipally owned utility that on the effective date |
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| 25 | 25 | | of this section is not in compliance with the requirement of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsection (c) immediately shall acquire, develop, or contract for |
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| 27 | 27 | | one or more alternative sources of water for the provision of its |
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| 28 | 28 | | services so that the utility meets that requirement before |
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| 29 | 29 | | September 1, 2023. This subsection expires September 1, 2025. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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