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      S.B. No. 790         AN ACT   relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints   before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter M, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 13.5051 to read as follows:           Sec.   13.5051.     SIMPLIFIED COMPLAINT PROCESS. (a) The   utility commission by rule may adopt a simplified procedure to   resolve a complaint by a tenant against an owner about a bill for   water or wastewater service brought under Section 13.503, 13.5031,   or 13.505.             (b)     Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to the   resolution of a complaint using a procedure described in Subsection   (a).          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.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 790 passed the Senate on   March 6, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 3.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 790 passed the House on   May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 95, Nays 39, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor