Bill Text: TX SB307 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transmission of water across two or more county lines for the purpose of providing wholesale water service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB307-Introduced.html
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| By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 307 | |
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| relating to the transmission of water across two or more county | ||
| lines for the purpose of providing wholesale water service. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter O to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER O. TRANSMISSION OF WATER FOR WHOLESALE SERVICE | ||
| Sec. 13.551. WHOLESALE TRANSMISSION PIPELINE IN THREE OR | ||
| MORE COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to transmission of | ||
| water by a pipeline of more than 24 inches in diameter. | ||
| (b) A person may transmit potable water by pipeline across | ||
| two or more county lines for the purpose of providing wholesale | ||
| water service only if the person is a local government corporation | ||
| created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, to | ||
| aid and act on behalf of the counties through which the pipeline | ||
| travels. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 13.551, Water Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to a pipeline that begins to be used for providing | ||
| wholesale water service on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
