87R4827 JXC-D
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 307
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transmission of water across two or more county
lines for the purpose of providing wholesale water service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter O to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER O. TRANSMISSION OF WATER FOR WHOLESALE SERVICE
Sec. 13.551. WHOLESALE TRANSMISSION PIPELINE IN THREE OR
MORE COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to transmission of
water by a pipeline of more than 24 inches in diameter.
(b) A person may transmit potable water by pipeline across
two or more county lines for the purpose of providing wholesale
water service only if the person is a local government corporation
created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, to
aid and act on behalf of the counties through which the pipeline
travels.
SECTION 2. Section 13.551, Water Code, as added by this Act,
applies only to a pipeline that begins to be used for providing
wholesale water service on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.