Relating to the authority of certain conservation and reclamation districts to impose fees for the construction of certain pipelines and associated infrastructure, the official text

S.B. No. 612

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain conservation and reclamation

districts to impose fees for the construction of certain pipelines

and associated infrastructure.

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

SECTION 1. Section 49.2127, Water Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as

follows:

(a) In this section:

(1) "Developer" means a person who owns land in a

district who:

(A) has divided or proposes to divide the land

into two or more parts; or

(B) requests more than two water or sewer service

connections on a single contiguous tract of land.

(2) "Retail[, "retail] public utility" has the meaning

assigned by Section 13.002.

(e) A district may not impose on a developer that proposes

to construct a water or sewer pipeline or associated infrastructure

in the district's service area a fee that is greater than the

actual, reasonable, and documented costs incurred by the district

for review, legal services, engineering services, inspection,

construction, repair, and infrastructure relocation or conversion

associated with the construction, and any other related costs

incurred by the district in association with the construction of a

subdivision.

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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 612 passed the Senate on

May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 612 passed the House on

May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 37, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor