H.B. No. 4385
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of
  public convenience and necessity.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.242(c), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The utility commission may by rule allow a municipality
  or utility or water supply corporation to render retail water
  service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity
  if the municipality has given notice under Section 13.255 that it
  intends to provide retail water service to an area or if the utility
  or water supply corporation has less than 15 potential connections
  and is not within the certificated area of another retail public
  utility. The utility commission may by rule allow a municipality or
  utility or water supply corporation to render retail sewer service
  without a certificate of public convenience and necessity if the
  municipality has given notice under Section 13.255 that it intends
  to provide retail sewer service to an area or if the utility or
  water supply corporation has less than 15 potential connections and
  is not within the certificated area of another retail public
  utility.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4385 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4385 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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            _____________________
                   Governor