Bill Text: TX HB254 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption for farms from payment for wastewater service.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - No action taken in committee [HB254 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB254-Introduced.html
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By: Miles | H.B. No. 254 |
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relating to an exemption for farms from payment for wastewater | ||
service. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 13.148 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.148. FARM WASTEWATER FEE EXEMPTION. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Community garden" means land gardened by a | ||
cooperative group of people residing in a neighborhood or community | ||
for the purpose of providing fresh produce for the benefit of the | ||
residents of the neighborhood or community. | ||
(2) "Farm" means land used primarily to produce food | ||
for human consumption. The term includes a food plot in a community | ||
garden or a farm inside the boundaries of a municipality. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, a | ||
retail public utility may not receive compensation for wastewater | ||
service provided to an owner or operator of a farm unless the | ||
compensation is based on the actual wastewater service used by the | ||
owner or operator for purposes of the farm. | ||
(c) The commission may develop standards to determine | ||
whether a farm or garden qualifies as a farm or community garden | ||
under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |