By: Walle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Garcia) H.B. No. 294          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2017;   May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on   Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 10, 2017, reported   favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent   to printer.)     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to appointment of a receiver for a water or sewer utility.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.412(a), Water Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  At the request of the utility commission or the   commission, the attorney general shall bring suit for the   appointment of a receiver to collect the assets and carry on the   business of a water or sewer utility that:                (1)  has abandoned operation of its facilities;                (2)  informs the utility commission or the commission   that the owner is abandoning the system;                (3)  violates a final order of the utility commission   or the commission; [or]                (4)  allows any property owned or controlled by it to be   used in violation of a final order of the utility commission or the   commission; or                (5)  violates a final judgment issued by a district   court in a suit brought by the attorney general under:                      (A)  this chapter;                      (B)  Chapter 7; or                      (C)  Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *