| 1 | | - | By: Lozano, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3802 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021; |
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| 3 | | - | May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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| 4 | | - | Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | | - | the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to |
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| 6 | | - | printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | 87R22692 BRG-D |
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| 2 | + | By: Lozano, Guillen H.B. No. 3802 |
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| 9 | 4 | | |
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| 10 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 7 | | relating to requirements for public drinking water supply systems |
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| 13 | 8 | | and certain rates and fees charged by water supply corporations. |
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| 14 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 341.0315, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 16 | 11 | | amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and |
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| 17 | 12 | | (c-2) to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 13 | | (c) Each public drinking water supply system shall provide |
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| 19 | 14 | | an adequate and safe drinking water supply. The supply must: |
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| 20 | 15 | | (1) meet the requirements of Section 341.031 and |
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| 21 | 16 | | commission rules; and |
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| 22 | 17 | | (2) provide a quantity of water or capacity of water |
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| 23 | 18 | | sufficient to serve the number of connections served by the public |
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| 24 | 19 | | drinking water supply system. |
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| 25 | 20 | | (c-1) In determining the number of connections served by a |
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| 26 | 21 | | public drinking water supply system that provides service through |
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| 27 | 22 | | meters, the commission by rule shall establish connection |
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| 28 | 23 | | equivalency values for each meter size used to serve a recreational |
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| 29 | 24 | | vehicle park, as that term is defined by Section 13.087, Water Code. |
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| 30 | 25 | | (c-2) The connection equivalency values required by |
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| 31 | 26 | | Subsection (c-1) must: |
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| 32 | 27 | | (1) establish a standard-size residential meter as one |
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| 33 | 28 | | connection; and |
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| 34 | 29 | | (2) determine the equivalent number of connections for |
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| 35 | 30 | | larger or smaller meters as multiples of a standard-size |
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| 36 | 31 | | residential meter, based on accepted industry standards. |
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| 37 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Section 49.2122(a-1), Water Code, is amended to |
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| 38 | 33 | | read as follows: |
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| 39 | 34 | | (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a district or water |
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| 40 | 35 | | supply corporation that provides nonsubmetered master metered |
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| 41 | 36 | | utility service, as defined by Section 13.087(a)(1), to a |
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| 42 | 37 | | recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section 13.087(a)(3): |
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| 43 | 38 | | (1) shall determine the rates for that service on the |
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| 44 | 39 | | same basis the district or water supply corporation uses to |
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| 45 | 40 | | determine the rates for other commercial businesses that serve |
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| 46 | 41 | | transient customers and receive nonsubmetered master metered |
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| 47 | 42 | | utility service from the district or water supply corporation; and |
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| 48 | 43 | | (2) may not charge a person who owns or operates a |
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| 49 | 44 | | recreational vehicle park that receives nonsubmetered master |
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| 50 | 45 | | metered utility service from the district or water supply |
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| 51 | 46 | | corporation an administrative fee for the services provided. |
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| 52 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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