By: Zaffirini, LaMantia S.B. No. 594
(In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2023; February 17, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture &
Rural Affairs; April 4, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
April 4, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 594 By: Hancock
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 amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) 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, unless the water system is a
noncommunity nontransient water system.
(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. When determining the number of
connections, the commission may only consider service for which a
meter has been installed that conforms with industry standards.
The rules must:
(1) establish that eight recreational vehicle or cabin
sites at a recreational vehicle park, whether occupied or not, are
equivalent to one residential metered connection; and
(2) provide a variance from a connection equivalency
value established under this subsection for a public drinking water
supply system if actual system usage is more than 10 percent below
the equivalency value.
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:
(1) shall ensure that billing for the service is based
on actual water usage recorded by the retail public utility; and
(2) may not impose a surcharge based on the number of
recreational vehicle or cabin sites in the recreational vehicle
park.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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