Bill Text: TX HB3802 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to requirements for public drinking water supply systems and certain rates and fees charged by water supply corporations.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Not again placed on intent calendar [HB3802 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3802-Comm_Sub.html
 
 
  By: Lozano, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3802
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021;
  May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
  Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to
  printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to requirements for public drinking water supply systems
  and certain rates and fees charged by water supply corporations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 341.0315, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and
  (c-2) to read as follows:
         (c)  Each public drinking water supply system shall provide
  an adequate and safe drinking water supply. The supply must:
               (1)  meet the requirements of Section 341.031 and
  commission rules; and
               (2)  provide a quantity of water or capacity of water
  sufficient to serve the number of connections served by the public
  drinking water supply system.
         (c-1)  In determining the number of connections served by a
  public drinking water supply system that provides service through
  meters, the commission by rule shall establish connection
  equivalency values for each meter size used to serve a recreational
  vehicle park, as that term is defined by Section 13.087, Water Code.
         (c-2)  The connection equivalency values required by
  Subsection (c-1) must:
               (1)  establish a standard-size residential meter as one
  connection; and
               (2)  determine the equivalent number of connections for
  larger or smaller meters as multiples of a standard-size
  residential meter, based on accepted industry standards.
         SECTION 2.  Section 49.2122(a-1), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a district or water
  supply corporation that provides nonsubmetered master metered
  utility service, as defined by Section 13.087(a)(1), to a
  recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section 13.087(a)(3):
               (1)  shall determine the rates for that service on the
  same basis the district or water supply corporation uses to
  determine the rates for other commercial businesses that serve
  transient customers and receive nonsubmetered master metered
  utility service from the district or water supply corporation; and
               (2)  may not charge a person who owns or operates a
  recreational vehicle park that receives nonsubmetered master
  metered utility service from the district or water supply
  corporation an administrative fee for the services provided.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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