88R9228 ANG-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 2762
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for and charges for service from public
drinking water supply systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 341.0315, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule
shall establish connection equivalency values for each meter size
used to serve a recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section
13.087, Water Code, for use in determining the number of
connections served by a public drinking water supply system that
provides service through meters. The rules must establish that
eight recreational vehicle or cabin sites at a recreational vehicle
park, whether occupied or not, are equivalent to one residential
metered connection.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 13.152 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.152. BILLING FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS. (a)
In this section, "recreational vehicle park" has the meaning
assigned by Section 13.087.
(b) A retail public utility, other than a municipally owned
utility described by Section 13.087, providing water or sewer
service to a recreational vehicle park shall ensure that billing
for the service is based on actual water usage recorded by the
retail public utility.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.