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By: Price (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) |
H.B. No. 1573 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; |
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May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 16, 2017, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2017, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to personnel requirements for water loss auditors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.0121, Water Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (i) and (j) to read as follows: |
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(i) The board by rule shall require the audits required by |
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Subsections (b) and (b-1) to be completed by a person trained to |
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conduct water loss auditing. |
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(j) The board shall make training on water loss auditing |
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available without charge from the board's website. The board may |
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provide training in person or by video or a functionally similar and |
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widely available medium. Training provided under this subsection |
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must include comprehensive knowledge of water utility systems and |
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terminology and any tools available for analyzing audit results. |
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In creating training materials, the board may consider other |
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organizations' training programs. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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