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1	1	S.B. No. 594
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to requirements for and charges for service from public
6	6	drinking water supply systems.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 341.0315, Health and Safety Code, is
9	9	amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	(c) Each public drinking water supply system shall provide
12	12	an adequate and safe drinking water supply. The supply must:
13	13	(1) meet the requirements of Section 341.031 and
14	14	commission rules; and
15	15	(2) provide a quantity of water or capacity of water
16	16	sufficient to serve the number of connections served by the public
17	17	drinking water supply system.
18	18	(c-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule
19	19	shall establish connection equivalency values for each meter size
20	20	used to serve a recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section
21	21	13.087, Water Code, for use in determining the number of
22	22	connections served by a public drinking water supply system that
23	23	provides service through meters. When determining the number of
24	24	connections, the commission may only consider service for which a
25	25	meter has been installed that conforms with industry standards.
26	26	The rules must:
27	27	(1) establish that eight recreational vehicle or cabin
28	28	sites at a recreational vehicle park, whether occupied or not, are
29	29	equivalent to one residential metered connection; and
30	30	(2) provide a variance from a connection equivalency
31	31	value established under this subsection for a public drinking water
32	32	supply system if actual system usage is more than 10 percent below
33	33	the equivalency value.
34	34	SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
35	35	by adding Section 13.152 to read as follows:
36	36	Sec. 13.152. BILLING FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS. (a)
37	37	In this section, "recreational vehicle park" has the meaning
38	38	assigned by Section 13.087.
39	39	(b) A retail public utility, other than a municipally owned
40	40	utility described by Section 13.087, providing water or sewer
41	41	service to a recreational vehicle park:
42	42	(1) shall ensure that billing for the service is based
43	43	on actual water usage recorded by the retail public utility; and
44	44	(2) may not impose a surcharge based on the number of
45	45	recreational vehicle or cabin sites in the recreational vehicle
46	46	park.
47	47	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
48	48	______________________________ ______________________________
49	49	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
50	50	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 594 passed the Senate on
51	51	April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
52	52	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 17, 2023, by the
53	53	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Secretary of the Senate
56	56	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 594 passed the House, with
57	57	amendment, on May 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 127,
58	58	Nays 13, two present not voting.
59	59	______________________________
60	60	Chief Clerk of the House
61	61	Approved:
62	62	______________________________
63	63	Date
64	64	______________________________
65	65	Governor