Bill Text: TX SB1451 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a water conservation coordinator by a retail public water utility to implement a water conservation plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB1451 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1451-Introduced.html

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85R8681 DMS-D
By: Seliger S.B. No. 1451

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of a water conservation coordinator by
a retail public water utility to implement a water conservation
plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.146, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13.146. WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. The commission shall
require a retail public utility that provides potable water service
to 3,300 or more connections to:
(1) submit to the executive administrator of the board
a water conservation plan based on specific targets and goals
developed by the retail public utility and using appropriate best
management practices, as defined by Section 11.002, or other water
conservation strategies;
(2) designate an employee as the water conservation
coordinator responsible for implementing the water conservation
plan; and
(3) identify, in writing, the water conservation
coordinator to the executive administrator of the board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.