By: Creighton S.B. No. 2322
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Water & Rural Affairs;
April 11, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4,
Nays 3; April 11, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to rates established by municipalities for water and sewer
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 13.0835 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.0835. PROHIBITION ON RATE DISCRIMINATION. A
municipality or a municipally owned utility may not establish a
rate applicable only to entities that qualify for a sales tax or ad
valorem tax exemption that is higher than a rate established for
entities that receive comparable utility services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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