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AN ACT
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relating to utility connections on certain tracts of property in |
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certain counties near an international border. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 232.029, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (k), (l), |
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and (m) to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (c) and |
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(k) or Section 232.037(c), a utility may not serve or connect any |
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subdivided land with electricity or gas unless the entity receives |
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a determination from the county commissioners court under Section |
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232.028(b)(2) that adequate water and sewer services have been |
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installed to service the subdivision. |
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(k) Subject to Subsections (l) and (m), a utility that does |
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not hold a certificate issued by, or has not received a |
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determination from, the commissioners court under Section 232.028 |
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to serve or connect subdivided property with electricity or gas may |
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provide that service to a single-family residential dwelling on |
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that property if: |
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(1) the person requesting utility service: |
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(A) is the owner and occupant of the residential |
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dwelling; and |
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(B) on or before January 1, 2001, owned and |
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occupied the residential dwelling; |
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(2) the utility previously provided the utility |
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service on or before January 1, 2001, to the property for the person |
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requesting the service; |
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(3) the utility service provided as described by |
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Subdivision (2) was terminated not earlier than five years before |
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the date on which the person requesting utility service submits an |
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application for that service; and |
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(4) providing the utility service will not result in: |
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(A) an increase in the volume of utility service |
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provided to the property; or |
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(B) more than one utility connection for each |
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single-family residential dwelling located on the property. |
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(l) A utility may provide service under Subsection (k) only |
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if the person requesting the service provides to the commissioners |
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court documentation that evidences compliance with the |
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requirements of Subsection (k) and that is satisfactory to the |
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commissioners court. |
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(m) A utility may not serve or connect subdivided property |
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as described by Subsection (k) if, on or after September 1, 2007, |
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any existing improvements on that property are modified. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2096 was passed by the House on April |
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27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 2096 on May 23, 2007, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 2096 on May 26, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 1, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2096 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 18, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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2096 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |