Bill Text: TX HB4328 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to rates established by municipalities for water or sewer service for certain entities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB4328 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4328-Introduced.html
  88R4295 CXP-F
 
  By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 4328
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to rates established by municipalities for water or sewer
  service for certain entities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 552, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 552.915 to read as follows:
         Sec. 552.915.  PROHIBITION ON RATE DISCRIMINATION. A
  municipality may not establish a rate for water or sewer utility
  service applicable only to entities that qualify for a sales tax or
  ad valorem tax exemption that is higher than a rate established for
  entities that receive comparable utility service.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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