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Bill clarifies which retail public utilities may use TCEQ "safe harbor" for acquiring troubled small systems
Summary
Senate Bill 565 would clarify that all types of retail public utilities are eligible to enter safe harbor agreements with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when acquiring small water systems with compliance issues; committee testimony supported the change as a way to encourage regional consolidation.
Senate Bill 565, presented by Senator Sparks and discussed in the committee, would clarify language in prior legislation (House Bill 3232) to ensure all types of retail public utilities are eligible for safe harbor agreements with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when acquiring small systems that have…
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