H.B. No. 1461
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to customer notification of water loss by a retail public
  utility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 13.148 to read as follows:
         Sec. 13.148.  NOTIFICATION OF WATER LOSS. (a) The
  commission by rule shall require a retail public utility that files
  a water audit required by Section 16.0121 to notify each of the
  utility's customers of the water loss reported in the water audit.
         (b)  A retail public utility shall provide the notice
  required under Subsection (a) on or with:
               (1)  the utility's next annual consumer confidence
  report delivered after the water audit is filed; or
               (2)  the next bill the customer receives after the
  water audit is filed.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1461 was passed by the House on May
  10, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 3, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1461 was passed by the Senate on May
  20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays 5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor