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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for and charges for service from public |
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drinking water supply systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 341.0315, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule |
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shall establish connection equivalency values for each meter size |
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used to serve a recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section |
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13.087, Water Code, for use in determining the number of |
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connections served by a public drinking water supply system that |
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provides service through meters. The rules must establish that |
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eight recreational vehicle or cabin sites at a recreational vehicle |
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park, whether occupied or not, are equivalent to one residential |
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metered connection. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 13.152 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.152. BILLING FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS. (a) |
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In this section, "recreational vehicle park" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 13.087. |
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(b) A retail public utility, other than a municipally owned |
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utility described by Section 13.087, providing water or sewer |
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service to a recreational vehicle park shall ensure that billing |
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for the service is based on actual water usage recorded by the |
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retail public utility. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |