Bill Text: TX HB2788 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water conservation measures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-09 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB2788 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2788-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2788 |
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relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to | ||
require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water | ||
conservation measures. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 13.1461 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.1461. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH | ||
CONSERVATION MEASURES. A retail public utility may require the | ||
operator of a correctional facility, as defined by Section | ||
1.07(14), Penal Code, that receives retail water or sewer utility | ||
service from the retail public utility to comply with water | ||
conservation measures adopted or implemented by the retail public | ||
utility. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2788 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2788 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |