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HB2867 • 2025

Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.

Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gates | Thompson | Lopez, Janie | Harris | Muñoz
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
05/13/2025 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Effective date
Not listed

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Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.

Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  4. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  5. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  6. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2137

  7. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  9. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  10. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  11. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Gates

  12. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2100

  13. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  15. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2101

  16. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  17. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  18. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  19. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  20. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  21. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  22. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  23. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  24. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  25. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  27. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  28. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  29. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  30. 2025-02-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2867 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Gates, Thompson, Lopez of Cameron,

H.B. No. 2867

Harris, Muñoz, et al.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water

utility.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 552, Local Government

Code, is amended by adding Section 552.916 to read as follows:

Sec.

552.916.

LATE PAYMENT FEES FOR WATER OR SEWER SERVICE.

(a)

A municipal utility that provides water or sewer service may

not charge a late payment fee that:

(1)

before the 11th day of the late payment penalty

period is more than the greater of:

(A) $5; or

(B) two percent of the amount past due;

(2)

on or after the 11th day but before the 20th day of

the late payment penalty period is more than the greater of:

(A) $5; or

(B) five percent of the amount past due; or

(3)

on or after the 20th day of the late payment

penalty period is more than the greater of:

(A) $5; or

(B) 10 percent of the amount past due.

(b)

A late payment penalty period may not begin before the

21st day after the date the municipal utility mails or transmits

electronically the customer's bill.

(c)

A late payment penalty period must end on the date the

customer pays all past due amounts to the municipal utility.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a fee charged on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee

charged before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law

in effect on the date the fee was charged, and the former law is

continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2026.