Bill Text: TX HB3607 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the submission and enforcement of system water loss audits performed by certain retail public utilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB3607 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3607-Introduced.html
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By: Burnam | H.B. No. 3607 |
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relating to the submission and enforcement of system water loss | ||
audits performed by certain retail public utilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 16.0121, Water Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b), (c), and (f) and adding Subsection (g) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
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public utility providing potable water [ |
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the board an annual water audit computing the utility's system | ||
water loss during the preceding year. | ||
(c) The board shall develop appropriate methodologies and | ||
submission dates for a water audit required under Subsection (b) | ||
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(1) retail public utilities serving populations of | ||
100,000 or more; | ||
(2) retail public utilities serving populations of | ||
50,000 or more but less than 100,000; | ||
(3) retail public utilities serving populations of | ||
more than 10,000 but less than 50,000; and | ||
(4) retail public utilities serving populations of | ||
10,000 or less. | ||
(f) The board shall compile the information included in the | ||
water audits required by Subsection [ |
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according to category of retail public utility and according to | ||
regional water planning area. The regional planning group for a | ||
regional planning area shall use the information to identify | ||
appropriate water management strategies in the development of a | ||
regional water plan under Section 16.053. | ||
(g) The board may notify the commission if the board | ||
determines that an entity has violated this section. | ||
Notwithstanding Section 7.051(b), a violation of this section is | ||
enforceable in the manner provided by Chapter 7 for a violation of a | ||
provision of this code within the commission's jurisdiction or of a | ||
rule adopted by the commission under a provision of this code within | ||
the commission's jurisdiction. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 16.0121(b-1), Water Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than May 1, 2015, a retail public | ||
utility providing potable water that does not receive financial | ||
assistance from the Texas Water Development Board shall file with | ||
the board the first annual water audit required by Section 16.0121, | ||
Water Code, as amended by this Act. The water audit must compute | ||
the utility's most recent annual system water loss. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |