Bill Text: TX HB1573 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to personnel requirements for water loss auditors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1573 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1573-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to personnel requirements for water loss auditors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1573 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1573-Comm_Sub.html
85R18870 DMS-D | |||
By: Price | H.B. No. 1573 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1573: | |||
By: Ashby | C.S.H.B. No. 1573 |
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relating to personnel requirements for water loss auditors. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 16.0121, Water Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (i) and (j) to read as follows: | ||
(i) The board by rule shall require the audits required by | ||
Subsections (b) and (b-1) to be completed by a person trained to | ||
conduct water loss auditing. | ||
(j) The board shall make training on water loss auditing | ||
available without charge from the board's website. The board may | ||
provide training in person or by video or a functionally similar and | ||
widely available medium. Training provided under this subsection | ||
must include comprehensive knowledge of water utility systems and | ||
terminology and any tools available for analyzing audit results. | ||
In creating training materials, the board may consider other | ||
organizations' training programs. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |