Bill Text: TX HB1484 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to rates applied to certain water or sewer systems after a sale or purchase of the system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1484-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1484 | ||
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| relating to rates applied to certain water or sewer systems after a | ||
| sale or purchase of the system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 13.3011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.3011. INITIAL RATES FOR CERTAIN WATER OR SEWER | ||
| SYSTEMS AFTER PURCHASE OR ACQUISITION. (a) A person who files an | ||
| application described by Section 13.301(a) for the purchase or | ||
| acquisition of a water or sewer system may request that the | ||
| regulatory authority with original jurisdiction over the rates for | ||
| water or sewer service provided by the person to the customers of | ||
| the system authorize the person to charge initial rates for the | ||
| service that are: | ||
| (1) shown in a tariff filed with a regulatory | ||
| authority by the person for another water or sewer system; and | ||
| (2) in force for the other water or sewer system on the | ||
| date the application described by Section 13.301(a) is filed. | ||
| (b) The regulatory authority may not require a person who | ||
| makes a request under Subsection (a) to initiate a new rate | ||
| proceeding to establish the initial rates for service the person | ||
| will provide to the customers of the purchased or acquired system. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a purchase or acquisition of a water or sewer system the | ||
| application for which is filed under Section 13.301(a), Water Code, | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. A purchase or | ||
| acquisition of a water or sewer system the application for which is | ||
| filed under Section 13.301(a), Water Code, before the effective | ||
| date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
| application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
| that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1484 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 6, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1484 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
