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TX SB947
Bill
Status
1/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Peter Flores
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AI Summary
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Amends Water Code Section 13.255 to modify how municipalities obtain single certification for water or sewer service in incorporated or annexed areas
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Removes the requirement for the utility commission to determine compensation for retail public utility property "rendered useless or valueless" by single certification
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Requires compensation only for property that is actually transferred to the municipality, plus damages to or adverse effects on property remaining with the original retail public utility
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Changes court judgment provisions to transfer only property requested by the municipality and located within the singly certificated area, eliminating transfer of property deemed "useless or valueless"
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Applies only to certificate of public convenience and necessity proceedings commencing on or after September 1, 2025; prior proceedings remain under existing law
Legislative Description
Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide water or sewer service in an area incorporated or annexed by a municipality.
Utilities
Last Action
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
2/13/2025