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AN ACT
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relating to notification of an application related to a certificate |
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of public convenience and necessity for water or sewer service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 13.246(a), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) If an application for a certificate of public |
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convenience and necessity or for an amendment to a certificate is |
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filed, the commission shall cause notice of the application to be |
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given to affected parties and to each county and groundwater |
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conservation district that is wholly or partly included in the area |
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proposed to be certified. If [, if] requested, the commission shall |
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fix a time and place for a hearing and give notice of the |
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hearing. Any person affected by the application may intervene at |
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the hearing. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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13.246(a), Water Code, applies only to an application for a |
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certificate of public convenience and necessity or an amendment to |
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a certificate filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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application filed before the effective date of this Act is subject |
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to the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1295 was passed by the House on May |
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15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1295 was passed by the Senate on May |
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27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |