85R1863 JXC-D     By: Springer H.B. No. 965       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a retail public water utility to   require an operator of a correctional facility to comply with water   conservation measures.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 13.1461 to read as follows:          Sec. 13.1461.  CORRECTIONAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH   CONSERVATION MEASURES. A retail public utility may require the   operator of a correctional facility, as defined by Section   1.07(14), Penal Code, that receives retail water or sewer utility   service from the retail public utility to comply with water   conservation measures adopted or implemented by the retail public   utility.          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, 2017.