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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Chapter 13 - Water Rates and Services
Subchapter E. Records, Reports, Inspections, Rates, and Services
Section 13.131. Records of Utility; Rates, Methods, and Accounts
Section 13.132. Powers of Utility Commission
Section 13.1325. Electronic Copies of Rate Information
Section 13.134. Report of Advertising or Public Relations Expenses
Section 13.135. Unlawful Rates, Rules, and Regulations
Section 13.136. Filing Tariffs of Rates, Rules, and Regulations; Annual Financial Report
Section 13.137. Office and Other Business Locations of Utility; Records; Removal From State
Section 13.138. Communications by Utilities With Regulatory Authority; Regulations and Records
Section 13.139. Standards of Service
Section 13.1394. Standards of Emergency Operations
Section 13.1395. Standards of Emergency Operations in Certain Counties
Section 13.1396. Coordination of Emergency Operations
Section 13.140. Examination and Test of Equipment
Section 13.141. Billing for Service to State
Section 13.142. Time of Payment of Utility Bills by State
Section 13.143. Voluntary Contributions
Section 13.144. Notice of Wholesale Water Supply Contract
Section 13.145. Multiple Systems Consolidated Under Tariff
Section 13.146. Water Conservation Plan
Section 13.1461. Correctional Facility Compliance With Conservation Measures
Section 13.147. Consolidated Billing and Collection Contracts
Section 13.148. Water Shortage Report
Section 13.149. Notification of Water Loss
Section 13.150. Reports Required for Water and Sewer Utilities
Section 13.151. Billing for Services Provided During Extreme Weather Emergency