Tex. Water Code § 13.343 · Subchapter I. RELATIONS WITH AFFILIATED INTERESTS
WHOLESALE WATER CONTRACTS BETWEEN CERTAIN AFFILIATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The owner of a utility that supplies retail water service may not contract to purchase from an affiliated supplier wholesale water service for any of that owner's systems unless:
(1) the wholesale service is provided for not more than 90 days to remedy an emergency condition, as defined by utility commission or commission rule; or
(2) the utility commission determines that the utility cannot obtain wholesale water service from another source at a lower cost than from the affiliate.
(b) The utility may not purchase groundwater from any provider if:
(1) the source of the groundwater is located in a priority groundwater management area; and
(2) a wholesale supply of surface water is available.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 10.07, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.65, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 65, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.13.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 f9b629bb908187735124789191a13fafe3b7b0e8ea6b916f7300a6c13d5b3f42
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.