Bill Text: TX HB949 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the obligation of certain retail public utilities to mitigate their system water loss.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB949 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB949-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 949 |
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relating to the obligation of certain retail public utilities to | ||
mitigate their system water loss. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 16.0121(g), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(g) A retail public utility providing potable water that | ||
receives from the board financial assistance shall use a portion of | ||
that financial assistance, or any additional financial assistance | ||
provided by the board for the purpose described by this subsection, | ||
to mitigate the utility's system water loss if, based on a water | ||
audit filed by the utility under this section, the water loss meets | ||
or exceeds the threshold established by board rule. On the request | ||
of a retail public utility, the board may waive the requirements of | ||
this subsection if the board finds that the utility is | ||
satisfactorily addressing the utility's system water loss. | ||
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. 949 was passed by the House on April | ||
16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 949 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |