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TX Water Code § 13.5031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter M. Submetering and Nonsubmetering for Apartments and Manufactured Home Rental Communities and Other Multiple Use Facilities|Section 13.5031. Nonsubmetering Rules

Sec. 13.5031.  NONSUBMETERING RULES.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, the utility commission shall adopt rules and standards governing billing systems or methods used by manufactured home rental community owners, apartment house owners, condominium managers, or owners of other multiple use facilities for prorating or allocating among tenants nonsubmetered master metered utility service costs.  In addition to other appropriate safeguards for the tenant, those rules shall require that:(1)  the rental agreement contain a clear written description of the method of calculation of the allocation of nonsubmetered master metered utilities for the manufactured home rental community, apartment house, or multiple use facility;(2)  the rental agreement contain a statement of the average manufactured home, apartment, or multiple use facility unit monthly bill for all units for any allocation of those utilities for the previous calendar year;(3)  except as provided by this section, an owner or condominium manager may not impose additional charges on a tenant in excess of the actual charges imposed on the owner or condominium manager for utility consumption by the manufactured home rental community, apartment house, or multiple use facility;(4)  the owner or condominium manager shall maintain adequate records regarding the utility consumption of the manufactured home rental community, apartment house, or multiple use facility, the charges assessed by the retail public utility, and the allocation of the utility costs to the tenants;(5)  the owner or condominium manager shall maintain all necessary records concerning utility allocations, including the retail public utility's bills, and shall make the records available for inspection by the tenants during normal business hours; and(6)  the owner or condominium manager may charge a tenant a fee for late payment of an allocated water bill if the amount of the fee does not exceed five percent of the bill paid late.(b)  This section does not limit the authority of an owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, manufactured home rental community, or multiple use facility to charge, bill for, or collect rent, an assessment, an administrative fee, a fee relating to the upkeep or management of chilled water, boiler, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, or other building system, or any other amount that is unrelated to utility costs.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 86, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 673, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.82, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 82, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 389 (S.B. 873), Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 13.504 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter M. Submetering and Nonsubmetering for Apartments and Manufactured Home Rental Communities and Other Multiple Use Facilities|Section 13.504. Improper Rental Rate Increase

Sec. 13.504.  IMPROPER RENTAL RATE INCREASE.  If, during the 90-day period preceding the installation of individual meters or submeters, an owner, operator, or manager of an apartment house, manufactured home rental community, or other multiple use facility has increased rental rates and the increase is attributable to increased costs of utilities, the owner, operator, or manager shall immediately reduce the rental rate by the amount of the increase and refund all of the increase that has previously been collected within the 90-day period.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 539, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 86, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 13.505 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter M. Submetering and Nonsubmetering for Apartments and Manufactured Home Rental Communities and Other Multiple Use Facilities|Section 13.505. Restitution

Sec. 13.505.  RESTITUTION.  (a)  In this section, "overcharge" means the amount, if any, a tenant is charged for submetered or nonsubmetered master metered utility service to the tenant's dwelling unit after a violation occurred relating to the assessment of a portion of utility costs in excess of the amount the tenant would have been charged under this subchapter.(b)  The utility commission has exclusive jurisdiction for violations under this subchapter.(c)  If an apartment house owner, condominium manager, manufactured home rental community owner, or other multiple use facility owner violates a rule of the utility commission regarding utility costs, the person claiming the violation may file a complaint with the utility commission.  The utility commission and State Office of Administrative Hearings shall establish an online and telephone formal complaint and hearing system through which a person may file a complaint under this subchapter and may appear remotely for a hearing before the utility commission or the State Office of Administrative Hearings.  If the utility commission determines that the owner or condominium manager overcharged a complaining tenant for water or wastewater service from the retail public utility, the utility commission shall require the owner or condominium manager, as applicable, to repay the complaining tenant the amount overcharged.(d)  Nothing in this section limits or impairs the utility commission's enforcement authority under Subchapter K.  The utility commission may assess an administrative penalty under Section 13.4151 for a violation of this chapter or of any rule adopted under this chapter.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 539, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 86, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.83, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 83, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 389 (S.B. 873), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 13.506 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter M. Submetering and Nonsubmetering for Apartments and Manufactured Home Rental Communities and Other Multiple Use Facilities|Section 13.506. Plumbing Fixtures

Sec. 13.506.  PLUMBING FIXTURES.  (a)  After January 1, 2003, before an owner of an apartment house, manufactured home rental community, or multiple use facility or a manager of a condominium may implement a program to bill tenants for submetered or allocated water service, the owner or manager must:(1)  meet the standards prescribed by Section 372.002, Health and Safety Code, for sink or lavatory faucets, faucet aerators, and showerheads;  and(2)  perform a water leak audit of each dwelling unit or rental unit and each common area and repair any leaks found.(b)  Not later than the first anniversary of the date an owner of an apartment house, manufactured home rental community, or multiple use facility or a manager of a condominium begins to bill for submetered or allocated water service under Subsection (a), the owner or manager shall:(1)  remove any toilets that exceed a maximum flow of 3.5 gallons of water per flushing;  and(2)  install toilets that meet the standards prescribed by Section 372.002, Health and Safety Code.(c)  Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a manufactured home rental community owner who does not own the manufactured homes located on the property of the manufactured home rental community.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 873, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1316 (H.B. 2667), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Water Code § 13.511 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter N. Privatization Contracts|Section 13.511. Definitions

Sec. 13.511.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Eligible city" means any municipality whose waterworks and sewer system is operated by a board of utility trustees pursuant to provisions of a home-rule charter.(2)  "Privatization contract" means any contract, agreement, or letter of intent or group of the same by which any eligible city contracts with a service provider to provide for the financing, acquisition, improvement, or construction of sewage treatment and disposal facilities pursuant to which such service provider or its assignee or subcontractor will own, operate, and maintain such facilities and provide sewage treatment and disposal services to the eligible city or any contract pursuant to which such service provider agrees to operate and maintain, or have its subcontractor operate and maintain all or any part of the eligible city's sewage treatment and disposal facilities.(3)  "Service provider" means any person or group of persons who is a party to a privatization contract which thereby contracts to provide sewage treatment and disposal services to an eligible city.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 88, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 1987.  Renumbered from Sec. 13.501 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 13.512 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter N. Privatization Contracts|Section 13.512. Authority to Enter Into Privatization Contracts

Sec. 13.512.  AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTS.  Any eligible city is authorized to enter into privatization contracts if such action is recommended by the board of utility trustees and authorized by the governing body of the eligible city pursuant to an ordinance.  Any privatization contract entered into prior to the effective date of this Act is validated, ratified, and approved.  Each eligible city shall file a copy of its privatization contract with the utility commission, for information purposes only, within 60 days of execution or the effective date of this Act, whichever is later.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 88, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 1987.  Renumbered from Sec. 13.502 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.84, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 84, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 13.513 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter N. Privatization Contracts|Section 13.513. Election by Eligible City to Exempt Service Provider From Utility Commission Jurisdiction

Sec. 13.513.  ELECTION BY ELIGIBLE CITY TO EXEMPT SERVICE PROVIDER FROM UTILITY COMMISSION JURISDICTION.  A service provider shall not constitute a "water and sewer utility," a "public utility," a "utility," or a "retail public utility" within the meaning of this chapter as a result of entering into or performing a privatization contract, if the governing body of the eligible city shall so elect by ordinance and provide notice thereof in writing to the utility commission; provided, however, this provision shall not affect the application of this chapter to an eligible city itself.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, any service provider who seeks to extend or render sewer service to any person or municipality other than, or in addition to, an eligible city may be a "public utility" for the purposes of this chapter with respect to such other person or municipality.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 88, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 1987.  Renumbered from Sec. 13.503 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.85, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 85, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 13.514 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter N. Privatization Contracts|Section 13.514. Term and Provisions of a Privatization Contract

Sec. 13.514.  TERM AND PROVISIONS OF A PRIVATIZATION CONTRACT.  A privatization contract may be for a term and contain provisions that the governing body of an eligible city determines are in the best interests of the eligible city, including provisions relating to allocation of liabilities, indemnification, and purchase of all or a portion of the facilities.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 13.515 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle B - Water Rights|Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services|Subchapter N. Privatization Contracts|Section 13.515. Payments Under a Privatization Contract

Sec. 13.515.  PAYMENTS UNDER A PRIVATIZATION CONTRACT.  Payments by an eligible city under a privatization contract shall, if so provided, constitute an operating expense of the eligible city's sanitary sewer system or combined waterworks and sanitary sewer system, except that any payment for purchase of the facilities is payable from a pledge and lien on the net revenues of the eligible city's sanitary sewer system or combined waterworks and sanitary sewer system.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 15.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 15.002. Purpose

Sec. 15.002.  PURPOSE.  (a)  The legislature finds that it is in the public interest and to the benefit of the general public of the state to encourage and to assist in the planning and construction of projects to develop and conserve the storm water and floodwater as well as the ordinary flows of the rivers and streams of the state, to maintain and enhance the quality of the water of the state, to provide protection to the state's citizens from the floodwater of the rivers and streams of the state, to provide drainage, subsidence control, public beach nourishment, recharge, chloride control, brush control, weather modification, regionalization, and desalination, to provide for the management of aquatic vegetation, and other purposes as provided by law or board rule.(b)  The legislature finds that the conventional means of financing projects are inadequate to meet current and anticipated needs of the state.  Therefore, it is the further intent of the legislature to provide a means of coordinating the development of projects through the board and to provide political subdivisions the maximum opportunity to finance projects through programs provided by this chapter.  Projects may be in the state or outside the state, provided that out-of-state projects must be funded through a Texas political subdivision or an institution of higher education and must result in water being available for use in or for the benefit of Texas or maintain and enhance the quality of water in Texas.(c)  The legislature finds that serious health and sanitation problems face the citizens of this state from discharges of untreated and treated waste water into the Rio Grande.  It is the intent of the legislature to provide a means of coordinating and financing the development of waste water treatment projects through cooperative efforts between this state, the United States, and the Republic of Mexico to improve the quality of water being discharged into the Rio Grande.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.02;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 295, Sec. 41, eff. June 7, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.08, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1461, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 4.05, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 15.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 15.003. Power to Define Purposes

Sec. 15.003.  POWER TO DEFINE PURPOSES.  The board, by rule, may define in greater detail the purposes enumerated in Section 15.002.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 15.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 15.004. Transbasin Diversion

Sec. 15.004.  TRANSBASIN DIVERSION.  Money on deposit in a fund created under Article III, Section 49-d-3, of the Texas Constitution shall not be used to finance or in aid of any project under this chapter that contemplates or results in the removal from the basin of origin of any surface water necessary to supply the reasonably foreseeable future water requirements for the next ensuing 50-year period within the river basin of origin, except on a temporary, interim basis.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.03.|
TX Water Code § 15.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 15.005. Consideration of Certain Applications

Sec. 15.005.  CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS.  (a)  On submission of a project application under this chapter, the executive administrator shall determine if the application includes a project that will have flood control as one of its purposes and if the political subdivision submitting the application includes all of the watershed in which the project is to be located.(b)  If the executive administrator finds that the application includes a project that has flood control as one of its purposes and that the watershed in which the project is located is partially located outside the political subdivision making the application, the executive administrator shall require the applicant to submit a written memorandum of understanding relating to the management of the watershed in which the project is to be located.(c)  The memorandum of understanding must be approved by all governing bodies of political subdivisions located in the watershed in which the project is to be located and must be signed by the presiding officers of each of those political subdivisions.(d)  The board shall not consider any application for which a memorandum of understanding must be filed under this section until that memorandum of understanding is filed with the executive administrator.(e)  The board shall adopt rules for carrying out this section.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.039, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1057, Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 15.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 15.006. Open Meetings and Open Records Laws

Sec. 15.006.  OPEN MEETINGS AND OPEN RECORDS LAWS.  Nonprofit water supply corporations which receive any assistance under this chapter are subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, and to Chapter 552, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 2.18.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(78), (90), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 15.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 15.007. Considerations for Certain Financial Assistance

Sec. 15.007.  CONSIDERATIONS FOR CERTAIN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.  (a)  If financial assistance is provided under Subchapter C or J of this chapter, any waste treatment facility to be financed under the application must consider cost-effective methods of treatment such as rock reed, root zone, ponding, irrigation, or other nonconventional methods that may have been developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority.(b)  Before granting an application for financial assistance under Subchapter C or J of this chapter, the board must find that any waste treatment facility to be financed under the application will consider cost-effective innovative methods of treatment such as rock reed, root zone, ponding, irrigation, or other nonconventional methods that may have been developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 2.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 15.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle C - Water Development|Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 15.008. Grant Standards

Sec. 15.008.  GRANT STANDARDS.  The law regarding uniform grant and contract management, Chapter 783, Government Code, does not apply to a contract under Subchapter F, H, I, K, or P, or to a contract relating to an economically distressed area or nonborder colonia under Subchapter C.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 422, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1234, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 11.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 108 (S.B. 1890), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|