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SB2692 • 2025

Relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hancock
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  3. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  4. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  5. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  6. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Natural Resources

  14. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  15. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  18. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  22. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  23. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  24. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  26. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  27. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  28. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  29. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  31. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  33. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

  34. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  35. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 2692 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Hancock

S.B. No. 2692

(Bell of Montgomery)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water,

drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of

Texas.

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

SECTION 1. Section 13.043(c), Water Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(c) An appeal under Subsection (b) must be initiated by

filing a petition for review with the utility commission and the

entity providing service within 90 days after the effective day of

the rate change or, if appealing under
Subsection
[
Subdivision
]

(b)(2) or (5), within 90 days after the date on which the governing

body of the municipality or affected county makes a final decision.

The petition must be signed by
at least:

(1)
the lesser of 10,000 or 10 percent of those

ratepayers whose rates have been changed and who are eligible to

appeal under Subsection (b)
; or

(2)

10 percent of those ratepayers in the same

customer class whose rates have been changed and who are eligible to

appeal under Subsection (b)
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.