Bill Text: TX SB1169 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to water conservation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - House passage as amended reported [SB1169 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1169-Engrossed.html
By: Hegar | S.B. No. 1169 |
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relating to water conservation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 10, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 10.0021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 10.0021. SUNSET PROVISION. The Water Conservation | ||
Advisory Council is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas | ||
Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that | ||
chapter, the council is abolished and this chapter expires | ||
September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 10.011, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 10.011. REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each | ||
even-numbered year, the council shall submit to the governor, | ||
lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives a | ||
report on progress made in water conservation in this state. The | ||
report must include specific statutory, budgetary, and policy | ||
recommendations to improve water conservation and management. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 16.0121, Water Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: | ||
(g) A retail public utility providing potable water that | ||
receives from the board financial assistance shall use a portion of | ||
that financial assistance, or any additional financial assistance | ||
provided by the board for the purpose described by this subsection, | ||
to mitigate the utility's system water loss if, based on a water | ||
audit filed by the utility under this section, the water loss meets | ||
or exceeds the threshold established by board rule. | ||
(h) For each category of retail public utility listed in | ||
Subsection (c), the board shall adopt rules regarding: | ||
(1) the amount of system water loss that requires a | ||
utility to take action under Subsection (g); and | ||
(2) the use of financial assistance from the board as | ||
required by Subsection (g) to mitigate system water loss. | ||
SECTION 4. Subsection (h), Section 16.055, Water Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(h) On receipt of the notice under Subsection (g)(2)(B), a | ||
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SECTION 5. Section 17.124, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 17.124. CONSIDERATIONS IN PASSING ON APPLICATIONS. In | ||
passing on an application from a political subdivision for | ||
financial assistance for a water supply project, the board shall | ||
consider: | ||
(1) the needs of the area to be served by the water | ||
supply project, the benefit of the water supply project to the area, | ||
the relationship of the water supply project to the overall, | ||
statewide water needs, and the relationship of the water supply | ||
project to the state water plan; [ |
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(2) the availability of revenue to the political | ||
subdivision, from all sources, for the ultimate repayment of the | ||
cost of the water supply project, including interest; and | ||
(3) whether the political subdivision has implemented | ||
its drought contingency plan when required. | ||
SECTION 6. Subsection (g), Section 16.0121, Water Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to system water loss based on a | ||
water audit filed with the Texas Water Development Board under | ||
Section 16.0121, Water Code, on or after January 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 7. Not later than January 1, 2014, the Texas Water | ||
Development Board shall adopt rules to implement Subsection (h), | ||
Section 16.0121, Water Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 17.124, Water Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies only to the consideration of whether a political | ||
subdivision has implemented its drought contingency plan on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |