Bill Text: TX HB685 | 2025-2026 | 89th 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) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB685 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB685-Introduced.html
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| By: Bell of Montgomery | H.B. No. 685 | |
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| 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 552.916 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 552.916. 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, 2025. | ||
