Bill Text: TX SB784 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Bill 784 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to rates established by municipalities for water and sewer services.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-11 - Left pending in committee [SB784 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB784-Engrossed.html



	By: Creighton, et al.	S.B. No. 784


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to rates established by municipalities for water and sewer
	services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 13.0835 to read as follows:
	Sec. 13.0835. PROHIBITION ON RATE DISCRIMINATION. A
	municipality or a municipally owned utility may not establish a
	rate 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 services.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.