H.B. No. 4385
AN ACT
relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of
public convenience and necessity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.242(c), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The utility commission may by rule allow a municipality
or utility or water supply corporation to render retail water
service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity
if the municipality has given notice under Section 13.255 that it
intends to provide retail water service to an area or if the utility
or water supply corporation has less than 15 potential connections
and is not within the certificated area of another retail public
utility. The utility commission may by rule allow a municipality or
utility or water supply corporation to render retail sewer service
without a certificate of public convenience and necessity if the
municipality has given notice under Section 13.255 that it intends
to provide retail sewer service to an area or if the utility or
water supply corporation has less than 15 potential connections and
is not within the certificated area of another retail public
utility.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4385 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4385 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor