Bill Text: TX SB612 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain conservation and reclamation districts to impose fees for the construction of certain pipelines and associated infrastructure.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective immediately [SB612 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB612-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 612 | ||
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| relating to the authority of certain conservation and reclamation | ||
| districts to impose fees for the construction of certain pipelines | ||
| and associated infrastructure. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 49.2127, Water Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Developer" means a person who owns land in a | ||
| district who: | ||
| (A) has divided or proposes to divide the land | ||
| into two or more parts; or | ||
| (B) requests more than two water or sewer service | ||
| connections on a single contiguous tract of land. | ||
| (2) "Retail[ |
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| assigned by Section 13.002. | ||
| (e) A district may not impose on a developer that proposes | ||
| to construct a water or sewer pipeline or associated infrastructure | ||
| in the district's service area a fee that is greater than the | ||
| actual, reasonable, and documented costs incurred by the district | ||
| for review, legal services, engineering services, inspection, | ||
| construction, repair, and infrastructure relocation or conversion | ||
| associated with the construction, and any other related costs | ||
| incurred by the district in association with the construction of a | ||
| subdivision. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 612 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 612 passed the House on | ||
| May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 37, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
