Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 24 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO WATER AND SEWER SERVICE PROVIDERS
Subchapter B - RATES AND TARIFFS
Section 24.45 - Rates Charged by a Municipality to Certain Special Districts

Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code § 24.45

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) A district created pursuant to Texas Constitution, Article XVI, §59, which district is located within the corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality and which receives water or sewer service or whose residents receive water or sewer service from the municipality may by filing a petition with the commission appeal the rates charged by the municipality if the resolution, ordinance, or agreement of the municipality consenting to the creation of the district required the district to purchase water or sewer service from the municipality.

(b) The commission shall hear the appeal de novo and the municipality shall have the burden of proof to establish that the rates are just and reasonable.

(c) After the commission establishes just and reasonable rates, the municipality may not increase those rates without approval of the commission. A municipality desiring to increase rates must provide the commission with updated information in a format specified in the current rate data package developed by the Rates Section.

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