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TX Water Code § 13.145 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services|Section 13.145. Multiple Systems Consolidated Under Tariff

Sec. 13.145.  MULTIPLE SYSTEMS CONSOLIDATED UNDER TARIFF.  (a)  A utility may consolidate more than one system under a single tariff 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.(b)  This section does not apply to a public utility that provided utility service in only 24 counties on January 1, 2003.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 10.03, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 871 (S.B. 1063), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 13.146 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services|Section 13.146. Water Conservation Plan

Sec. 13.146.  WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.  The commission shall require a retail public utility that provides potable water service to 3,300 or more connections to:(1)  submit to the executive administrator of the board a water conservation plan based on specific targets and goals developed by the retail public utility and using appropriate best management practices, as defined by Section 11.002, or other water conservation strategies;(2)  designate a person as the water conservation coordinator responsible for implementing the water conservation plan; and(3)  identify, in writing, the water conservation coordinator to the executive administrator of the board.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (H.B. 4), Sec. 6, eff. June 15, 2007.Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.06, eff. September 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 146 (H.B. 1648), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 13.1461 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services|Section 13.1461. Correctional Facility Compliance With Conservation Measures

Sec. 13.1461.  CORRECTIONAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH CONSERVATION MEASURES.  (a)  This section applies only to a correctional facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or operated under contract with that department.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a retail public utility may require the operator of a correctional facility that receives retail water or sewer utility service from the retail public utility to comply with water conservation measures adopted or implemented by the retail public utility.(c)  A correctional facility is not required to comply with a water conservation measure under Subsection (b) if the operator of the correctional facility submits to the retail public utility a written statement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that states that the measure would endanger health and safety at the facility or unreasonably increase the costs of operating the facility.(d)  If a retail public utility suspends a water conservation measure and later implements the same measure, the operator of a correctional facility that received an exemption from the original measure under Subsection (c) must submit a new written statement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to obtain an exemption under Subsection (c) from the newly implemented measure.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 248 (H.B. 965), Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 13.147 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services|Section 13.147. Consolidated Billing and Collection Contracts

Sec. 13.147.  CONSOLIDATED BILLING AND COLLECTION CONTRACTS.  (a)  A retail public utility providing water service may contract with a retail public utility providing sewer service to bill and collect the sewer service provider's fees and payments as part of a consolidated process with the billing and collection of the water service provider's fees and payments.  The water service provider may provide that service only for customers who are served by both providers in an area covered by both providers' certificates of public convenience and necessity.  If the water service provider refuses to enter into a contract under this section or if the water service provider and sewer service provider cannot agree on the terms of a contract, the sewer service provider may petition the utility commission to issue an order requiring the water service provider to provide that service.(b)  A contract or order under this section must provide procedures and deadlines for submitting billing and customer information to the water service provider and for the delivery of collected fees and payments to the sewer service provider.(c)  A contract or order under this section may require or permit a water service provider that provides consolidated billing and collection of fees and payments to:(1)  terminate the water services of a person whose sewage services account is in arrears for nonpayment; and(2)  charge a customer a reconnection fee if the customer's water service is terminated for nonpayment of the customer's sewage services account.(d)  A water service provider that provides consolidated billing and collection of fees and payments may impose on each sewer service provider customer a reasonable fee to recover costs associated with providing consolidated billing and collection of fees and payments for sewage services.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.06, eff. September 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.33, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 33, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 13.148 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services|Section 13.148. Water Shortage Report

Sec. 13.148.  WATER SHORTAGE REPORT.  (a)  A retail public utility and each entity from which the utility is obtaining wholesale water service for the utility's retail system shall notify the commission when the utility or entity is reasonably certain that the water supply will be available for less than 180 days.(b)  The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section and prescribe the form and content of notice required under this section.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 234 (H.B. 252), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 13.149 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services|Section 13.149. Notification of Water Loss

Sec. 13.149.  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.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 305 (H.B. 1461), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.Redesignated from Water Code, Section 13.148 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.001(69), eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 13.150 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services|Section 13.150. Reports Required for Water and Sewer Utilities

Sec. 13.150.  REPORTS REQUIRED FOR WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES.  (a)  This section applies only to a utility that provides retail water or sewer utility service through fewer than 10,000 taps or connections.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a utility shall deliver to the utility commission a report of the utility's financial, managerial, and technical capacity to provide continuous and adequate service to its customers not later than the third anniversary of the date that the utility violates a final order of the commission by failing to:(1)  provide system capacity that is greater than the required raw water or groundwater production rate or the anticipated daily demand of the system;(2)  provide a minimum pressure of 35 pounds per square inch throughout the distribution system under normal operating conditions; or(3)  maintain accurate or properly calibrated testing equipment or other means of monitoring the effectiveness of a chemical treatment or pathogen inactivation or removal process.(c)  A utility that has an existing obligation to deliver a report under Subsection (b) is not required to deliver another report as a result of the occurrence of an event described by Subsection (b) if the event occurs before the date that the utility delivers the report required by Subsection (b).(d)  On receiving notice that a utility has violated an order described by Subsection (b), the commission shall provide written notice of the violation to the utility commission.(e)  The utility commission shall deliver a copy of a report received under Subsection (b) to:(1)  each state senator representing a district that contains a portion of the service area of the utility that submitted the report; and(2)  each state representative representing a district that contains a portion of the service area of the utility that submitted the report.(f)  If a utility fails to deliver a report in accordance with Subsection (b), the utility commission shall report the failure to:(1)  the commission;(2)  each state senator representing a district that contains a portion of the utility's service area; and(3)  each state representative representing a district that contains a portion of the utility's service area.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 545 (H.B. 3542), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 13.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services|Section 13.151. Billing for Services Provided During Extreme Weather Emergency

Sec. 13.151.  BILLING FOR SERVICES PROVIDED DURING EXTREME WEATHER EMERGENCY.  (a)  In this section, "extreme weather emergency" means a period when the previous day's highest temperature did not exceed 28 degrees Fahrenheit and the temperature is predicted to remain at or below that level for the next 24 hours according to the nearest National Weather Service reports.(b)  A retail public utility that is required to possess a certificate of public convenience and necessity or a district or affected county that furnishes retail water or sewer utility service shall not impose late fees or disconnect service for nonpayment of bills that are due during an extreme weather emergency until after the emergency is over and shall work with customers that request to establish a payment schedule for unpaid bills that are due during the extreme weather emergency.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 426 (S.B. 3), Sec. 30, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Water Code § 13.181 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority|Section 13.181. Power to Ensure Compliance; Rate Regulation

Sec. 13.181.  POWER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE;  RATE REGULATION.  (a)  Except for the provisions of Section 13.192, this subchapter shall apply only to a utility and shall not be applied to municipalities, counties, districts, or water supply or sewer service corporations.(b)  Subject to this chapter, the utility commission has all authority and power of the state to ensure compliance with the obligations of utilities under this chapter.  For this purpose the regulatory authority may fix and regulate rates of utilities, including rules and regulations for determining the classification of customers and services and for determining the applicability of rates.  A rule or order of the regulatory authority may not conflict with the rulings of any federal regulatory body.  The utility commission may adopt rules which authorize a utility which is permitted under Section 13.242(c) to provide service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity to request or implement a rate increase and operate according to rules, regulations, and standards of service other than those otherwise required under this chapter provided that rates are just and reasonable for customers and the utility and that service is safe, adequate, efficient, and reasonable.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 3.005, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 652, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 979, Sec. 13, eff. June 16, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 6.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.34, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 13.182 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority|Section 13.182. Just and Reasonable Rates

Sec. 13.182.  JUST AND REASONABLE RATES.  (a)  The regulatory authority shall ensure that every rate made, demanded, or received by any utility or by any two or more utilities jointly shall be just and reasonable.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), rates may not be unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory but shall be sufficient, equitable, and consistent in application to each class of consumers.(b-1)  In establishing a utility's rates, the regulatory authority may authorize the utility to establish reduced rates for a minimal level of service to be provided solely to a class of elderly customers 65 years of age or older to ensure that those customers receive that level of service at more affordable rates.  The regulatory authority shall allow a utility to establish a fund to receive donations to recover the costs of providing the reduced rates.  A utility may not recover those costs through charges to the utility's other customer classes.(c)  For ratemaking purposes, the utility commission may treat two or more municipalities served by a utility as a single class wherever the utility commission considers that treatment to be appropriate.(d)  The utility commission by rule shall establish a preference that rates under a consolidated tariff be consolidated by region.  The regions under consolidated tariffs must be determined on a case-by-case basis.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 3.005, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 10.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.35, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 129 (H.B. 1083), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 13.184 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority|Section 13.184. Fair Return; Burden of Proof

Sec. 13.184.  FAIR RETURN;  BURDEN OF PROOF.  (a)  Unless the utility commission establishes alternate rate methodologies in accordance with Section 13.183(c), the utility commission may not prescribe any rate that will yield more than a fair return on the invested capital used and useful in rendering service to the public.  The governing body of a municipality exercising its original jurisdiction over rates and services may use alternate ratemaking methodologies established by ordinance or by utility commission rule in accordance with Section 13.183(c).  Unless the municipal regulatory authority uses alternate ratemaking methodologies established by ordinance or by utility commission rule in accordance with Section 13.183(c), it may not prescribe any rate that will yield more than a fair return on the invested capital used and useful in rendering service to the public.(b)  In fixing a reasonable return on invested capital, the regulatory authority shall consider, in addition to other applicable factors, the efforts and achievements of the utility in the conservation of resources, the quality of the utility's services, the efficiency of the utility's operations, and the quality of the utility's management.(c)  In any proceeding involving any proposed change of rates, the burden of proof shall be on the utility to show that the proposed change, if proposed by the utility, or that the existing rate, if it is proposed to reduce the rate, is just and reasonable.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 3.005, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 6.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.37, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 13.186 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority|Section 13.186. Unreasonable or Violative Existing Rates; Investigating Costs of Obtaining Service From Another Source

Sec. 13.186.  UNREASONABLE OR VIOLATIVE EXISTING RATES;  INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.  (a)  If the regulatory authority, after reasonable notice and hearing, on its own motion or on complaint by any affected person, finds that the existing rates of any utility for any service are unreasonable or in any way in violation of any law, the regulatory authority shall determine the just and reasonable rates, including maximum or minimum rates, to be observed and in force, and shall fix the same by order to be served on the utility.  Those rates constitute the legal rates of the utility until changed as provided in this chapter.(b)  If a utility does not itself produce that which it distributes, transmits, or furnishes to the public for compensation, but obtains it from another source, the regulatory authority may investigate the cost of that production in any investigation of the reasonableness of the rates of the utility.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 3.005, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 13.1861 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority|Section 13.1861. Rates Charged State

Sec. 13.1861.  RATES CHARGED STATE.  The rates that a utility or municipally owned utility charges the state or a state agency or institution may not include an amount representing a gross receipts assessment, regulatory assessment, or other similar expense.  A regulatory authority may adopt reasonable rules specifying similar expenses to be excluded.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 660, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Water Code § 13.18715 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority|Section 13.18715. Class C Utilities: Statement of Intent to Change Rates; Hearing; Determination of Rate Level

Sec. 13.18715.  CLASS C UTILITIES:  STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE RATES; HEARING; DETERMINATION OF RATE LEVEL.  (a)  This section applies only to a Class C utility.(b)  A utility may not make changes in its rates except by complying with the procedures to change rates described by Section 13.1871.(c)  Notwithstanding Section 13.1871(n), the utility may send the notice required by that subsection by mail or e-mail or may deliver a copy of the notice to the ratepayers.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 700), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 13.1872 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority|Section 13.1872. Class D Utilities: Rate Adjustment

Sec. 13.1872.  CLASS D UTILITIES:  RATE ADJUSTMENT.  (a)  This section applies only to a Class D utility.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 700), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2019.(c)  A utility may not make changes in its rates except by:(1)  filing an application for a rate adjustment under the procedures described by Subsection (e) and sending by mail, or by e-mail if the ratepayer has agreed to receive communications electronically, a notice to each ratepayer describing the proposed rate adjustment at least 30 days before the effective date of the proposed change; or(2)  complying with the procedures to change rates described by Section 13.1871.(c-1)  A utility that chooses to comply with Section 13.1871 as authorized under Subsection (c)(2) of this section may send the notice required by Section 13.1871(n) by mail or e-mail or may deliver a copy of the notice to the ratepayers.(d)  The utility shall mail, send by e-mail, or deliver a copy of the application to the appropriate offices of each affected municipality and to any other affected persons as required by the regulatory authority's rules.(e)  The utility commission by rule shall adopt procedures to allow a utility to receive without a hearing an annual rate adjustment.  The rules must:(1)  include standard language to be included in the notice described by Subsection (c)(1) describing the rate adjustment process; and(2)  provide that an annual rate adjustment described by this section may not result in a rate increase to any class or category of ratepayer of more than five percent.(f)  A utility may adjust the utility's rates using the procedures adopted under Subsection (e) not more than once each year and not more than four times between rate proceedings described by Section 13.1871.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.40, eff. September 1, 2013.Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 700), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 700), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 700), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 13.1873 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter F. Proceedings Before Regulatory Authority|Section 13.1873. Application Rules

Sec. 13.1873.  APPLICATION RULES.  In adopting rules relating to the information required in an application for a Class B, Class C, or Class D utility to change rates, the utility commission shall ensure that a:(1)  Class B utility can file a less burdensome and complex application than is required of a Class A utility; and(2)  Class C or Class D utility can file a less burdensome and complex application than is required of a Class A or Class B utility.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 700), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019.|