SB2872 - Relating to connection reservation contracts.

  89R19638 TYPED     By: Schwertner S.B. No. 2872       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to connection reservation contracts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 49.001, Utilities Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 49.001.  DEFINITIONS. (a) As used in this chapter:                (1)  "District" means any district or authority created   by authority of either Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or   Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, regardless of how   created. The term "district" shall not include any navigation   district or port authority created under general or special law,   any conservation and reclamation district created pursuant to   Chapter 62, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, 1951 (Article 8280-141,   Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or any conservation and reclamation   district governed by Chapter 36 unless a special law creating the   district or amending the law creating the district states that this   chapter applies to that district.                (2)  "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource   Conservation Commission.                (3)  "Board" means the governing body of a district.                (4)  "Executive director" means the executive director   of the commission.                (5)  "Water supply corporation" means a nonprofit water   supply or sewer service corporation created or operating under   Chapter 67.                (6)  "Director" means either a supervisor or director   appointed or elected to the board.                (7)  "Municipal solid waste" has the same meaning   assigned by Section 361.003, Health and Safety Code.                (8)  "Special water authority" means a river authority   as that term is defined in Section 30.003, or a district created by   a special Act of the legislature that:                      (A)  is a provider of water or wastewater service   to two or more municipalities; and                      (B)  is governed by a board of directors appointed   or designated in whole or in part by the governor, the Texas Water   Development Board, or municipalities within its service area.                (9)  "Potable water" means water that has been treated   for public drinking water supply purposes.                (10)  "District facility" means tangible real and   personal property of the district, including any plant, equipment,   means, recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, or   instrumentality owned, leased, operated, used, controlled,   furnished, or supplied for, by, or in connection with the business   or operations of a district. The term specifically includes a   reservoir or easement of a district.                 (11)     "Connection" means a standardized measure of   consumption, use, generation, or discharge attributable to an   individual unit of development calculated in accordance with   generally accepted engineering, or planning standards. Connections   may be described in terms of single family equivalent connections,   living unit of equivalents, or any other generally accepted unit of   consumption typically attributable to a single family household.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 49, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 49.2131 to read as follows:           Sec.   49.2131.     CONTRACTS VALID AND ENFORCEABLE. (a)   A   contract between an individual and a municipality or special   utility district created for the purpose of reserving a connection   must include an expiration date of the term of the connection.             (b)     The term of a connection may not exceed 10 years from the   date the connection was reserved.             (c)     Not less than 30 days before the expiration of the term   of the connection, the municipality or special utility district   must provide notice to the individual who is a party to the contract   of the connection's forthcoming expiration date.          SECTION 3:  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.