Bill Text: TX HB294 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to appointment of a receiver for a water or sewer utility.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB294 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB294-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 294

AN ACT
relating to appointment of a receiver for a water or sewer utility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.412(a), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) At the request of the utility commission or the
commission, the attorney general shall bring suit for the
appointment of a receiver to collect the assets and carry on the
business of a water or sewer utility that:
(1) has abandoned operation of its facilities;
(2) informs the utility commission or the commission
that the owner is abandoning the system;
(3) violates a final order of the utility commission
or the commission; [or]
(4) allows any property owned or controlled by it to be
used in violation of a final order of the utility commission or the
commission; or
(5) violates a final judgment issued by a district
court in a suit brought by the attorney general under:
(A) this chapter;
(B) Chapter 7; or
(C) Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the House on April
26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the Senate on May
12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor