Bill Text: TX HB4221 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring owners of sanitary sewer systems to report the current condition of a system's infrastructure to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Left pending in committee [HB4221 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4221-Introduced.html
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By: Elkins | H.B. No. 4221 |
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relating to requiring owners of sanitary sewer systems to report | ||
the current condition of a system's infrastructure to the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 13.150 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.150. SEWER UTILITY SERVICE SYSTEM REPORT. (a) A | ||
retail public utility that provides sewer utility service shall | ||
report to the commission the current condition of the utility's | ||
sewer system. | ||
(b) The retail public utility must report to the commission | ||
not later than the 10th anniversary of the date the utility last | ||
filed a report under this section. | ||
(c) The report must rate the condition of all sewer | ||
collection infrastructure components of the system in accordance | ||
with commission rules as: | ||
(1) functioning without signs of deterioration or | ||
leaks and in a good condition that requires no repairs; | ||
(2) needing minor repairs to restore minor damage or | ||
to fix leaks or cracks; | ||
(3) needing to be rehabilitated to restore lost | ||
structural integrity soon or to fix active leaks and cracks | ||
allowing inflow and outflow; or | ||
(4) requiring a full replacement because the system | ||
component is near to or in a condition of failure. | ||
(d) The condition assignment described by Subsection (c) | ||
must be signed by: | ||
(1) an engineer; and | ||
(2) the governing body of the retail public utility. | ||
(e) The commission shall compile information from the | ||
report required by this section and post the information on the | ||
commission's Internet website. | ||
SECTION 2. A retail public utility, as defined by Section | ||
13.002, Water Code, that provides sewer utility service must submit | ||
the initial report required by Section 13.150, Water Code, as added | ||
by this Act, on or before December 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |