Bill Text: TX SB1008 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to fees for pipeline construction imposed by certain districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-25 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1008 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1008-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1008 | |
| (Canales) | ||
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| relating to fees for pipeline construction imposed by certain | ||
| districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 49.2127 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 49.2127. PIPELINE FEES AND REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY | ||
| CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) In this section, "retail public utility" | ||
| has the meaning assigned by Section 13.002. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to a district whose territory | ||
| is located wholly or partly in a county: | ||
| (1) located on the Gulf of Mexico and an international | ||
| border; or | ||
| (2) adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1). | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Section 49.002, this section prevails | ||
| over a special law governing a district. | ||
| (d) A district may not impose on a retail public utility | ||
| that proposes to construct a water or sewer pipeline or associated | ||
| infrastructure in the district's service area: | ||
| (1) requirements for constructing the pipeline that | ||
| are unduly burdensome; or | ||
| (2) a fee that is greater than the actual, reasonable, | ||
| and documented costs incurred by the district for review, legal | ||
| services, engineering services, inspection, construction, and | ||
| repair associated with the retail public utility construction, and | ||
| any other related costs incurred by the district in association | ||
| with the retail public utility construction. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
