H.B. No. 1648         AN ACT   relating to the designation of a water conservation coordinator by   a retail public water utility to implement a water conservation   plan.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.146, Water Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 13.146.  WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. The commission shall   require a retail public utility that provides potable water service   to 3,300 or more connections to:                (1)  submit to the executive administrator of the board   a water conservation plan based on specific targets and goals   developed by the retail public utility and using appropriate best   management practices, as defined by Section 11.002, or other water   conservation strategies;                (2)  designate a person as the water conservation   coordinator responsible for implementing the water conservation   plan; and                (3)  identify, in writing, the water conservation   coordinator to the executive administrator of the board.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1648 was passed by the House on April   27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 2, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1648 was passed by the Senate on May   18, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays 4.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor