Tex. Water Code § 13.044 · Subchapter C. JURISDICTION
RATES CHARGED BY MUNICIPALITY TO CERTAIN SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies to rates charged by a municipality for water or sewer service to a district created pursuant to Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, or to the residents of such district, which district is located within the corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality and the resolution, ordinance, or agreement of the municipality consenting to the creation of the district requires the district to purchase water or sewer service from the municipality.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any resolution, ordinance, or agreement, a district may appeal the rates imposed by the municipality by filing a petition with the utility commission. The utility commission shall hear the appeal de novo and the municipality shall have the burden of proof to establish that the rates are just and reasonable. The utility commission shall fix the rates to be charged by the municipality and the municipality may not increase such rates without the approval of the utility commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.16, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (H.B. 2369), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2017.
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