Bill Text: TX HB1797 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority to regulate certain water and sewage utilities to ensure public safety in and around certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB1797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1797-Introduced.html
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| By: Isaac | H.B. No. 1797 | |
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| relating to the authority to regulate certain water and sewage | ||
| utilities to ensure public safety in and around certain | ||
| municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 341.0358(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Industrial district" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 42.044, Local Government Code, and includes an area that is | ||
| designated by the governing body of a municipality as a zoned | ||
| industrial area. | ||
| (1-a) "Public utility" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 13.002, Water Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 341.0358(g), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (g) This section also applies to: | ||
| (1) a municipality with a population of more than | ||
| 36,000 and less than 41,000 located in two counties, one of which is | ||
| a county with a population of more than 1.8 million; and | ||
| (2) a municipality, including any industrial district | ||
| within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with | ||
| a population of more than 7,000 and less than 30,000 located in a | ||
| county with a population of more than 155,000 and less than 180,000. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
