| 1 | | - | By: Perry, Blanco S.B. No. 565 |
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| 1 | + | By: Perry S.B. No. 565 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed December 11, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and |
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| 4 | + | Rural Affairs; February 25, 2025, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; February 25, 2025, sent to |
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| 6 | + | printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 12 | | relating to a compliance agreement for the suspension of an |
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| 9 | 13 | | enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, |
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| 10 | 14 | | wastewater treatment, or solid waste disposal service for certain |
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| 11 | 15 | | violations. |
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| 12 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Sections 7.0026(b) and (c), Water Code, are |
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| 14 | 18 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 19 | | (b) If a water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid |
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| 16 | 20 | | waste disposal service operated by or for a municipality, [or] |
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| 17 | 21 | | county, regional service area, or unincorporated service area is |
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| 18 | 22 | | being integrated into a regional water supply, sewer, wastewater |
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| 19 | 23 | | treatment, or solid waste disposal service administered by another |
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| 20 | 24 | | entity, including a retail public utility, the commission may enter |
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| 21 | 25 | | into a compliance agreement with the regional service under which |
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| 22 | 26 | | the commission will not initiate an enforcement action against the |
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| 23 | 27 | | regional service for existing or anticipated violations resulting |
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| 24 | 28 | | from the operation by the regional service of the service being |
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| 25 | 29 | | integrated. A compliance agreement under this section must |
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| 26 | 30 | | include provisions necessary to bring the service being integrated |
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| 27 | 31 | | into compliance. |
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| 28 | 32 | | (c) If a water supply, sewer, or wastewater treatment |
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| 29 | 33 | | service operated by a retail public utility, other than a |
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| 30 | 34 | | municipality or county, is being integrated into a regional water |
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| 31 | 35 | | supply, sewer, or wastewater treatment service administered by |
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| 32 | 36 | | another entity, including a separate retail public utility, the |
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| 33 | 37 | | commission may enter into a compliance agreement with the regional |
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| 34 | 38 | | service under which the commission will not initiate an enforcement |
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| 35 | 39 | | action against the regional service for existing or anticipated |
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| 36 | 40 | | violations resulting from the operation by the regional service of |
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| 37 | 41 | | the service being integrated. A compliance agreement under this |
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| 38 | 42 | | section must include provisions necessary to bring the service |
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| 39 | 43 | | being integrated into compliance. |
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| 40 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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