Bill Text: TX SB612 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to fees for pipeline construction imposed by certain districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-13 - Filed [SB612 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB612-Introduced.html

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2025S0012-1 12/04/24
By: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" S.B. No. 612

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees for pipeline construction imposed by certain
districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 49.2127(a) and (d), Water Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) In this section:
(1) "Retail[, "retail] public utility" has the meaning
assigned by Section 13.002.
(2) "Developer" means a person who subdivides land or
requests more than two water or sewer service connections on a
single contiguous tract of land.
(d) A district may not impose on a developer or retail
public utility that proposes to construct a water or sewer pipeline
or associated infrastructure in the district's service area:
(1) requirements for constructing the pipeline that
are unduly burdensome; or
(2) a fee that is greater than the actual, reasonable,
and documented costs incurred by the district for review, legal
services, engineering services, inspection, construction, and
repair associated with the [retail public utility] construction,
and any other related costs incurred by the district in association
with the [retail public utility] construction.
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, 2025.