TITLE: Relating to the authority to consolidate water utility systems under a single tariff.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority to consolidate water utility systems under a single tariff.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority to consolidate water utility systems under a single tariff. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 13.145(a), Water Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A utility may consolidate more than one system under a single tariff on a regional or statewide basis [only] if [: [(1) the systems under the tariff are substantially similar in terms of facilities, quality of service, and cost of service; and [(2)] the tariff provides for rates that promote water conservation for single-family residences and landscape irrigation. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an application for approval of a tariff filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An application filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application is filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.