By: Lozano, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3802
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021;
May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to
printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for public drinking water supply systems
and certain rates and fees charged by water supply corporations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 341.0315, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and
(c-2) to read as follows:
(c) Each public drinking water supply system shall provide
an adequate and safe drinking water supply. The supply must:
(1) meet the requirements of Section 341.031 and
commission rules; and
(2) provide a quantity of water or capacity of water
sufficient to serve the number of connections served by the public
drinking water supply system.
(c-1) In determining the number of connections served by a
public drinking water supply system that provides service through
meters, the commission by rule shall establish connection
equivalency values for each meter size used to serve a recreational
vehicle park, as that term is defined by Section 13.087, Water Code.
(c-2) The connection equivalency values required by
Subsection (c-1) must:
(1) establish a standard-size residential meter as one
connection; and
(2) determine the equivalent number of connections for
larger or smaller meters as multiples of a standard-size
residential meter, based on accepted industry standards.
SECTION 2. Section 49.2122(a-1), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a district or water
supply corporation that provides nonsubmetered master metered
utility service, as defined by Section 13.087(a)(1), to a
recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section 13.087(a)(3):
(1) shall determine the rates for that service on the
same basis the district or water supply corporation uses to
determine the rates for other commercial businesses that serve
transient customers and receive nonsubmetered master metered
utility service from the district or water supply corporation; and
(2) may not charge a person who owns or operates a
recreational vehicle park that receives nonsubmetered master
metered utility service from the district or water supply
corporation an administrative fee for the services provided.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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