87(R) SB 2000 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	87R1979 JXC-F
	By:  Springer	S.B.  No.  2000

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to rates applied to certain water or sewer systems after a
	sale or purchase of the system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Subchapter H, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 13.3011 to read as follows:
	Sec.  13.3011.    INITIAL RATES FOR CERTAIN WATER OR SEWER
	SYSTEMS AFTER PURCHASE OR ACQUISITION. (a) A person who files an
	application described by Section 13.301(a) for the purchase or
	acquisition of a water or sewer system may request that the
	regulatory authority with original jurisdiction over the rates for
	water or sewer service provided by the person to the customers of
	the system authorize the person to charge initial rates for the
	service that are:
	(1)    shown in a tariff filed with a regulatory
	authority by the person for another water or sewer system; and
	(2)    in force for the other water or sewer system on the
	date the application described by Section 13.301(a) is filed.
	(b)    The regulatory authority may not require a person who
	makes a request under Subsection (a) to initiate a new rate
	proceeding to establish the initial rates for service the person
	will provide to the customers of the purchased or acquired system.
	SECTION  2.    The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a purchase or acquisition of a water or sewer system the
	application for which is filed under Section 13.301(a), Water Code,
	on or after the effective date of this Act. A purchase or
	acquisition of a water or sewer system the application for which is
	filed under Section 13.301(a), Water Code, before the effective
	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.