Bill Text: TX HB2677 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to municipal standards for retail public utilities that provide water service in the municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB2677 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2677-Introduced.html
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| By: Moody | H.B. No. 2677 | |
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| relating to municipal standards for retail public utilities that | ||
| provide water service in the municipality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 341.0357(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The owner of any device having the appearance of a fire | ||
| hydrant that is located in a place that an entity responsible for | ||
| providing fire suppression services in a fire emergency would | ||
| expect a fire hydrant to typically be located shall paint the device | ||
| black if the device is nonfunctioning or otherwise unavailable for | ||
| use by the entity providing fire suppression services in a fire | ||
| emergency. The owner may place a black tarp over the device instead | ||
| of painting the device black as required under this section if the | ||
| device is temporarily nonfunctioning, or temporarily unavailable | ||
| for use in a fire emergency, for a period not to exceed seven days. | ||
| An owner may not paint a functioning device black or place a black | ||
| tarp over a functioning device. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 342, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 342.901. MUNICIPAL FIRE SUPPRESSION STANDARDS. (a) | ||
| In this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 13.002, Water Code, and includes a water supply | ||
| corporation as defined by Section 49.001, Water Code, and an | ||
| investor-owned utility. | ||
| (b) A municipality by ordinance may establish standards | ||
| that require a retail public utility that provides water service in | ||
| the municipality or the municipality's extraterritorial | ||
| jurisdiction to provide basic water flow that is sufficient to | ||
| provide adequate pressure to fire suppression systems and | ||
| equipment, including fire hydrants. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 13.247, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) A municipality by ordinance may require a retail public | ||
| utility, including an investor-owned utility, certified or | ||
| entitled to certification under this chapter to provide service or | ||
| operate facilities inside the boundaries of the municipality to | ||
| provide the service or operate the facilities in the same manner | ||
| that the municipality would be required to provide the service or | ||
| operate the facilities. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2013. | ||
