Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Water Rights
Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services

Section 13.003. Applicability of Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act - Sec. 13.003. APPLICABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND TEXAS REGISTER ACT....

Section 13.004. Jurisdiction of Utility Commission Over Certain Water Supply or Sewer Service Corporations - Sec. 13.004. JURISDICTION OF UTILITY COMMISSION OVER CERTAIN WATER SUPPLY...

Subchapter B. Administrative Provisions

Section 13.011. Employees - Sec. 13.011. EMPLOYEES. (a) The utility commission and the executive...

Section 13.014. Attorney General to Represent Commission or Utility Commission - Sec. 13.014. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REPRESENT COMMISSION OR UTILITY COMMISSION....

Section 13.015. Informal Proceeding - Sec. 13.015. INFORMAL PROCEEDING. A proceeding involving a retail public...

Section 13.016. Record of Proceedings; Right to Hearing - Sec. 13.016. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS; RIGHT TO HEARING. A record...

Section 13.017. Office of Public Utility Counsel; Powers and Duties - Sec. 13.017. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL; POWERS AND DUTIES....

Subchapter C. Jurisdiction

Section 13.041. General Powers of Utility Commission and Commission; Rules; Hearings - Sec. 13.041. GENERAL POWERS OF UTILITY COMMISSION AND COMMISSION; RULES;...

Section 13.042. Jurisdiction of Municipality; Original and Appellate Jurisdiction of Utility Commission - Sec. 13.042. JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITY; ORIGINAL AND APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF...

Section 13.0421. Rates Charged by Certain Municipally Owned Utilities - Sec. 13.0421. RATES CHARGED BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES. (a)...

Section 13.043. Appellate Jurisdiction - Sec. 13.043. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. (a) Any party to a rate...

Section 13.0431. Appeals by Retail Public Utilities - Sec. 13.0431. APPEALS BY RETAIL PUBLIC UTILITIES. (a) In an...

Section 13.044. Rates Charged by Municipality to Certain Special Districts - Sec. 13.044. RATES CHARGED BY MUNICIPALITY TO CERTAIN SPECIAL DISTRICTS....

Section 13.0441. Fees Charged by Municipality to Public School Districts - Sec. 13.0441. FEES CHARGED BY MUNICIPALITY TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS....

Section 13.045. Notification Regarding Use of Revenue - Sec. 13.045. NOTIFICATION REGARDING USE OF REVENUE. At least annually...

Section 13.046. Temporary Rates for Services Provided for Nonfunctioning System; Sanctions for Noncompliance - Sec. 13.046. TEMPORARY RATES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FOR NONFUNCTIONING SYSTEM;...

Subchapter D. Municipalities and Counties

Section 13.081. Franchises - Sec. 13.081. FRANCHISES. This chapter may not be construed as...

Section 13.082. Local Utility Service; Exempt and Nonexempt Areas - Sec. 13.082. LOCAL UTILITY SERVICE; EXEMPT AND NONEXEMPT AREAS. (a)...

Section 13.083. Rate Determination - Sec. 13.083. RATE DETERMINATION. A municipality regulating its water and...

Section 13.084. Authority of Governing Body; Cost Reimbursement - Sec. 13.084. AUTHORITY OF GOVERNING BODY; COST REIMBURSEMENT. The governing...

Section 13.085. Assistance by Utility Commission - Sec. 13.085. ASSISTANCE BY UTILITY COMMISSION. On request, the utility...

Section 13.086. Fair Wholesale Rates for Wholesale Water Sales to a Water District - Sec. 13.086. FAIR WHOLESALE RATES FOR WHOLESALE WATER SALES TO...

Section 13.087. Municipal Rates for Certain Recreational Vehicle Parks - Sec. 13.087. MUNICIPAL RATES FOR CERTAIN RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS. (a)...

Section 13.088. Municipal Fees for Public School Districts - Sec. 13.088. MUNICIPAL FEES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. A municipally...

Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services

Section 13.131. Records of Utility; Rates, Methods, and Accounts - Sec. 13.131. RECORDS OF UTILITY; RATES, METHODS, AND ACCOUNTS. (a)...

Section 13.132. Powers of Utility Commission - Sec. 13.132. POWERS OF UTILITY COMMISSION. (a) The utility commission...

Section 13.1325. Electronic Copies of Rate Information - Sec. 13.1325. ELECTRONIC COPIES OF RATE INFORMATION. On request, the...

Section 13.133. Inspections; Examination Under Oath; Compelling Production of Records; Inquiry Into Management and Affairs - Sec. 13.133. INSPECTIONS; EXAMINATION UNDER OATH; COMPELLING PRODUCTION OF RECORDS;...

Section 13.134. Report of Advertising or Public Relations Expenses - Sec. 13.134. REPORT OF ADVERTISING OR PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPENSES. (a)...

Section 13.135. Unlawful Rates, Rules, and Regulations - Sec. 13.135. UNLAWFUL RATES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS. A utility may...

Section 13.136. Filing Tariffs of Rates, Rules, and Regulations; Annual Financial Report - Sec. 13.136. FILING TARIFFS OF RATES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS; ANNUAL...

Section 13.137. Office and Other Business Locations of Utility; Records; Removal From State - Sec. 13.137. OFFICE AND OTHER BUSINESS LOCATIONS OF UTILITY; RECORDS;...

Section 13.138. Communications by Utilities With Regulatory Authority; Regulations and Records - Sec. 13.138. COMMUNICATIONS BY UTILITIES WITH REGULATORY AUTHORITY; REGULATIONS AND...

Section 13.139. Standards of Service - Sec. 13.139. STANDARDS OF SERVICE. (a) Every retail public utility...

Section 13.1394. Standards of Emergency Operations - Sec. 13.1394. STANDARDS OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. (a) In this section:...

Section 13.1395. Standards of Emergency Operations in Certain Counties - Sec. 13.1395. STANDARDS OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a)...

Section 13.1396. Coordination of Emergency Operations - Sec. 13.1396. COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. (a) In this section:...

Section 13.140. Examination and Test of Equipment - Sec. 13.140. EXAMINATION AND TEST OF EQUIPMENT. (a) The regulatory...

Section 13.141. Billing for Service to State - Sec. 13.141. BILLING FOR SERVICE TO STATE. A utility, utility...

Section 13.142. Time of Payment of Utility Bills by State - Sec. 13.142. TIME OF PAYMENT OF UTILITY BILLS BY STATE....

Section 13.143. Voluntary Contributions - Sec. 13.143. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A utility may implement as...

Section 13.144. Notice of Wholesale Water Supply Contract - Sec. 13.144. NOTICE OF WHOLESALE WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT. A district...

Section 13.145. Multiple Systems Consolidated Under Tariff - Sec. 13.145. MULTIPLE SYSTEMS CONSOLIDATED UNDER TARIFF. (a) A utility...

Section 13.146. Water Conservation Plan - Sec. 13.146. WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. The commission shall require a...

Section 13.1461. Correctional Facility Compliance With Conservation Measures - Sec. 13.1461. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH CONSERVATION MEASURES. (a) This...

Section 13.147. Consolidated Billing and Collection Contracts - Sec. 13.147. CONSOLIDATED BILLING AND COLLECTION CONTRACTS. (a) A retail...

Section 13.148. Water Shortage Report - Sec. 13.148. WATER SHORTAGE REPORT. (a) A retail public utility...

Section 13.149. Notification of Water Loss - Sec. 13.149. NOTIFICATION OF WATER LOSS. (a) The commission by...

Section 13.150. Reports Required for Water and Sewer Utilities - Sec. 13.150. REPORTS REQUIRED FOR WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES. (a)...

Section 13.151. Billing for Services Provided During Extreme Weather Emergency - Sec. 13.151. BILLING FOR SERVICES PROVIDED DURING EXTREME WEATHER EMERGENCY....

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...

Section 13.182. Just and Reasonable Rates - Sec. 13.182. JUST AND REASONABLE RATES. (a) The regulatory authority...

Section 13.183. Fixing Overall Revenues - Sec. 13.183. FIXING OVERALL REVENUES. (a) In fixing the rates...

Section 13.184. Fair Return; Burden of Proof - Sec. 13.184. FAIR RETURN; BURDEN OF PROOF. (a) Unless the...

Section 13.185. Components of Invested Capital and Net Income - Sec. 13.185. COMPONENTS OF INVESTED CAPITAL AND NET INCOME. (a)...

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...

Section 13.1861. Rates Charged State - Sec. 13.1861. RATES CHARGED STATE. The rates that a utility...

Section 13.187. Class a Utilities: Statement of Intent to Change Rates; Hearing; Determination of Rate Level - Sec. 13.187. CLASS A UTILITIES: STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE...

Section 13.1871. Class B Utilities: Statement of Intent to Change Rates; Hearing; Determination of Rate Level - Sec. 13.1871. CLASS B UTILITIES: STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE...

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...

Section 13.1872. Class D Utilities: Rate Adjustment - Sec. 13.1872. CLASS D UTILITIES: RATE ADJUSTMENT. (a) This section...

Section 13.1873. Application Rules - Sec. 13.1873. APPLICATION RULES. In adopting rules relating to the...

Section 13.188. Adjustment for Change in Energy Costs - Sec. 13.188. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGE IN ENERGY COSTS. (a) Notwithstanding...

Section 13.189. Unreasonable Preference or Prejudice as to Rates or Services - Sec. 13.189. UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE AS TO RATES OR...

Section 13.190. Equality of Rates and Services - Sec. 13.190. EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES. (a) A water...

Section 13.191. Discrimination; Restriction on Competition - Sec. 13.191. DISCRIMINATION; RESTRICTION ON COMPETITION. A water and sewer...

Section 13.192. Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Sec. 13.192. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. Payments made in...

Subchapter G. Certificates of Convenience and Necessity

Section 13.241. Granting Certificates - Sec. 13.241. GRANTING CERTIFICATES. (a) In determining whether to grant...

Section 13.242. Certificate Required - Sec. 13.242. CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. (a) Unless otherwise specified, a utility,...

Section 13.243. Exceptions for Extension of Service - Sec. 13.243. EXCEPTIONS FOR EXTENSION OF SERVICE. A retail public...

Section 13.244. Application; Maps and Other Information; Evidence and Consent - Sec. 13.244. APPLICATION; MAPS AND OTHER INFORMATION; EVIDENCE AND CONSENT....

Section 13.245. Municipal Boundaries or Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Municipalities - Sec. 13.245. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES....

Section 13.2451. Extension Beyond Extraterritorial Jurisdiction - Sec. 13.2451. EXTENSION BEYOND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) Except as provided...

Section 13.246. Notice and Hearing; Issuance or Refusal; Factors Considered - Sec. 13.246. NOTICE AND HEARING; ISSUANCE OR REFUSAL; FACTORS CONSIDERED....

Section 13.247. Area Within Municipality - Sec. 13.247. AREA WITHIN MUNICIPALITY. (a) If an area is...

Section 13.2475. Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Sewer Service in Certain Municipalities - Sec. 13.2475. CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE...

Section 13.248. Contracts Valid and Enforceable - Sec. 13.248. CONTRACTS VALID AND ENFORCEABLE. Contracts between retail public...

Section 13.250. Continuous and Adequate Service; Discontinuance, Reduction, or Impairment of Service - Sec. 13.250. CONTINUOUS AND ADEQUATE SERVICE; DISCONTINUANCE, REDUCTION, OR IMPAIRMENT...

Section 13.2501. Conditions Requiring Refusal of Service - Sec. 13.2501. CONDITIONS REQUIRING REFUSAL OF SERVICE. The holder of...

Section 13.2502. Service Extensions by Water Supply and Sewer Service Corporation or Special Utility District - Sec. 13.2502. SERVICE EXTENSIONS BY WATER SUPPLY AND SEWER SERVICE...

Section 13.251. Sale, Assignment, or Lease of Certificate - Sec. 13.251. SALE, ASSIGNMENT, OR LEASE OF CERTIFICATE. Except as...

Section 13.252. Interference With Other Retail Public Utility - Sec. 13.252. INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER RETAIL PUBLIC UTILITY. If a...

Section 13.253. Improvements in Service; Interconnecting Service - Sec. 13.253. IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE; INTERCONNECTING SERVICE. (a) After notice...

Section 13.254. Decertification Initiated by Utility Commission or Utility; Expedited Release Initiated by Landowner - Sec. 13.254. DECERTIFICATION INITIATED BY UTILITY COMMISSION OR UTILITY; EXPEDITED...

Section 13.2541. Streamlined Expedited Release Initiated by Landowner - Sec. 13.2541. STREAMLINED EXPEDITED RELEASE INITIATED BY LANDOWNER. (a) Sections...

Section 13.255. Single Certification in Incorporated or Annexed Areas - Sec. 13.255. SINGLE CERTIFICATION IN INCORPORATED OR ANNEXED AREAS. (a)...

Section 13.2551. Completion of Decertification - Sec. 13.2551. COMPLETION OF DECERTIFICATION. (a) As a condition to...

Section 13.256. County Fee - Sec. 13.256. COUNTY FEE. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of...

Section 13.257. Notice to Purchasers - Sec. 13.257. NOTICE TO PURCHASERS. (a) In this section, "utility...

Section 13.258. Utility's Application for Amendment and Use of Municipal Utility District's Certificate Under Contract - Sec. 13.258. UTILITY'S APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT AND USE OF MUNICIPAL...

Subchapter H. Sale of Property and Mergers

Section 13.301. Report of Sale, Merger, Etc - Sec. 13.301. REPORT OF SALE, MERGER, ETC.; INVESTIGATION; DISALLOWANCE OF...

Section 13.3011. Initial Rates for Certain Water or Sewer Systems After Purchase or Acquisition - Sec. 13.3011. INITIAL RATES FOR CERTAIN WATER OR SEWER SYSTEMS...

Section 13.302. Purchase of Voting Stock in Another Public Utility: Report - Sec. 13.302. PURCHASE OF VOTING STOCK IN ANOTHER PUBLIC UTILITY:...

Section 13.303. Loans to Stockholders: Report - Sec. 13.303. LOANS TO STOCKHOLDERS: REPORT. A utility may not...

Section 13.304. Foreclosure Report - Sec. 13.304. FORECLOSURE REPORT. (a) A utility that receives notice...

Section 13.305. Voluntary Valuation of Acquired Utility or Facilities - Sec. 13.305. VOLUNTARY VALUATION OF ACQUIRED UTILITY OR FACILITIES. (a)...

Subchapter I. Relations With Affiliated Interests

Section 13.341. Jurisdiction Over Affiliated Interests - Sec. 13.341. JURISDICTION OVER AFFILIATED INTERESTS. The utility commission has...

Section 13.342. Disclosure of Substantial Interest in Voting Securities - Sec. 13.342. DISCLOSURE OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN VOTING SECURITIES. The...

Section 13.343. Wholesale Water Contracts Between Certain Affiliates - Sec. 13.343. WHOLESALE WATER CONTRACTS BETWEEN CERTAIN AFFILIATES. (a) The...

Subchapter J. Judicial Review

Section 13.381. Right to Judicial Review; Evidence - Sec. 13.381. RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW; EVIDENCE. Any party to...

Section 13.382. Costs and Attorney's Fees - Sec. 13.382. COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES. (a) Any party represented...

Subchapter K. Violations and Enforcement

Section 13.411. Action to Enjoin or Require Compliance - Sec. 13.411. ACTION TO ENJOIN OR REQUIRE COMPLIANCE. (a) If...

Section 13.4115. Action to Require Adjustment to Consumer Charge; Penalty - Sec. 13.4115. ACTION TO REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT TO CONSUMER CHARGE; PENALTY....

Section 13.412. Receivership - Sec. 13.412. RECEIVERSHIP. (a) At the request of the utility...

Section 13.413. Payment of Costs of Receivership - Sec. 13.413. PAYMENT OF COSTS OF RECEIVERSHIP. The receiver may,...

Section 13.4131. Supervision of Certain Utilities - Sec. 13.4131. SUPERVISION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES. (a) The utility commission,...

Section 13.4132. Operation of Utility That Discontinues Operation or Is Referred for Appointment of Receiver - Sec. 13.4132. OPERATION OF UTILITY THAT DISCONTINUES OPERATION OR IS...

Section 13.4133. Emergency Rate Increase in Certain Circumstances - Sec. 13.4133. EMERGENCY RATE INCREASE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) Notwithstanding...

Section 13.414. Penalty Against Retail Public Utility or Affiliated Interest - Sec. 13.414. PENALTY AGAINST RETAIL PUBLIC UTILITY OR AFFILIATED INTEREST....

Section 13.415. Personal Penalty - Sec. 13.415. PERSONAL PENALTY. Any person who wilfully and knowingly...

Section 13.4151. Administrative Penalty - Sec. 13.4151. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) If a person, affiliated interest,...

Section 13.416. Penalties Cumulative - Sec. 13.416. PENALTIES CUMULATIVE. All penalties accruing under this chapter...

Section 13.417. Contempt Proceedings - Sec. 13.417. CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS. If any person or retail public...

Section 13.418. Disposition of Fines and Penalties; Water Utility Improvement Account - Sec. 13.418. DISPOSITION OF FINES AND PENALTIES; WATER UTILITY IMPROVEMENT...

Section 13.419. Venue - Sec. 13.419. VENUE. Suits for injunction or penalties under this...

Subchapter K. -1. Emergency Orders

Section 13.451. Issuance of Emergency Order - Sec. 13.451. ISSUANCE OF EMERGENCY ORDER. (a) The utility commission...

Section 13.452. Application for Emergency Order - Sec. 13.452. APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY ORDER. A person other than...

Section 13.453. Notice of Issuance - Sec. 13.453. NOTICE OF ISSUANCE. Notice of the issuance of...

Section 13.454. Hearing to Affirm, Modify, or Set Aside Order - Sec. 13.454. HEARING TO AFFIRM, MODIFY, OR SET ASIDE ORDER....

Section 13.455. Term of Order - Sec. 13.455. TERM OF ORDER. An emergency order issued under...

Subchapter M. Submetering and Nonsubmetering for Apartments and Manufactured Home Rental Communities and Other Multiple Use Facilities

Section 13.501. Definitions - Sec. 13.501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Apartment house" means...

Section 13.502. Submetering - Sec. 13.502. SUBMETERING. (a) An apartment house owner, manufactured home...

Section 13.503. Submetering Rules - Sec. 13.503. SUBMETERING RULES. (a) The utility commission shall encourage...

Section 13.5031. Nonsubmetering Rules - Sec. 13.5031. NONSUBMETERING RULES. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the...

Section 13.504. Improper Rental Rate Increase - Sec. 13.504. IMPROPER RENTAL RATE INCREASE. If, during the 90-day...

Section 13.505. Restitution - Sec. 13.505. RESTITUTION. (a) In this section, "overcharge" means the...

Section 13.506. Plumbing Fixtures - Sec. 13.506. PLUMBING FIXTURES. (a) After January 1, 2003, before...

Subchapter N. Privatization Contracts

Section 13.511. Definitions - Sec. 13.511. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Eligible city" means...

Section 13.512. Authority to Enter Into Privatization Contracts - Sec. 13.512. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTS. Any eligible...

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...

Section 13.514. Term and Provisions of a Privatization Contract - Sec. 13.514. TERM AND PROVISIONS OF A PRIVATIZATION CONTRACT. A...

Section 13.515. Payments Under a Privatization Contract - Sec. 13.515. PAYMENTS UNDER A PRIVATIZATION CONTRACT. Payments by an...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle B - Water Rights Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services

Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Water Rights
Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services