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  89R5269 SCR-D     By: Dorazio H.B. No. 2505       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the notification provided by a municipality to a retail   public utility of the municipality's intent to provide water or   sewer service in an incorporated or annexed area.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 13.255(b) and (b-1), Water Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (b)  If an agreement is not executed within 180 days after   the municipality[ , in writing, ] notifies the retail public utility   of its intent to provide service to the incorporated or annexed   area, and if the municipality desires and intends to provide retail   utility service to the area, the municipality, prior to providing   service to the area, shall file an application with the utility   commission to grant single certification to the municipally owned   water or sewer utility or to a franchised utility. If an   application for single certification is filed, the utility   commission shall fix a time and place for a hearing and give notice   of the hearing to the municipality and franchised utility, if any,   and notice of the application and hearing to the retail public   utility.          (b-1)  On the day a municipality submits an application for   single certification to the utility commission under this section,   the municipality shall send, via certified mail , [ or ] hand   delivery, or e-mail, a copy of the application to the retail public   utility.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and   necessity that commences on or after the effective date of this Act.   A proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and   necessity that commenced before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding is   commenced, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.