TITLE: Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

SUMMARY: Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 13.242(c), Water Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The utility commission may by rule allow a municipality or utility or water supply corporation to render retail water service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity if the municipality has given notice under Section 13.255 that it intends to provide retail water service to an area or if the utility or water supply corporation has less than 15 potential connections and is not within the certificated area of another retail public utility. The utility commission may by rule allow a municipality or utility or water supply corporation to render retail sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity if the municipality has given notice under Section 13.255 that it intends to provide retail sewer service to an area or if the utility or water supply corporation has less than 15 potential connections and is not within the certificated area of another retail public utility. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.