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Amend Floor Amendment No. 45 to CSSB 3 (House committee
printing) as follows:
1. Add the following appropriately numbered Article to the
Amendment and renumber subsequent Articles of the bill accordingly.
ARTICLE ____. RATE CLASSES FOR BILLING
SECTION ____.01. Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is
amended by adding Section 49.2122 to read as follows:
Sec. 49.2122. ESTABLISHMENT OF CUSTOMER CLASSES. (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, a district may establish different
charges, fees, rentals, or deposits among classes of customers that
are based on any factor the district considers appropriate,
including:
(1) the similarity of the type of customer to other
customers in the class, including:
(A) residential;
(B) commercial;
(C) industrial;
(D) apartment;
(E) rental housing;
(F) irrigation;
(G) homeowner associations;
(H) builder;
(I) out-of-district;
(J) nonprofit organization; and
(K) any other type of customer as determined by
the district;
(2) the type of services provided to the customer class;
(3) the cost of facilities, operations, and
administrative services to provide service to a particular class of
customer, including additional costs to the district for security,
recreational facilities, or fire protection paid from other
revenues; and
(4) the total revenues, including ad valorem tax
revenues and connection fees, received by the district from a class
of customers relative to the cost of service to the class of
customers.
(b) A district is presumed to have weighed and considered
appropriate factors and to have properly established charges, fees,
rentals, and deposits absent a showing that the district acted
arbitrarily and capriciously.