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AN ACT
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relating to water shortage reporting by water utilities and |
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providers of wholesale water service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 13.148 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.148. WATER SHORTAGE REPORT. (a) A retail public |
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utility and each entity from which the utility is obtaining |
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wholesale water service for the utility's retail system shall |
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notify the commission when the utility or entity is reasonably |
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certain that the water supply will be available for less than 180 |
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days. |
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(b) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this |
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section and prescribe the form and content of notice required under |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the House on April |
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19, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 252 on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 3 |
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present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 252 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |