SUMMARY OF 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION BILLS THAT IMPACT TEXAS’ RURAL WATER UTILITIES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS The 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature ended on May 31, 2021, and between the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the February winter storm it proved to be a session like no other. Several of the bills have the potential to affect customers of rural water utilities across Texas. This article summarizes those new laws, which all go into effect on September 1 unless otherwise noted, and a group of bills that didn’t make it to the finish line. For a more extensive discussion of new laws that impact rural water utilities as well as bills that failed to pass, visit Texas Rural Water Association’s Rural Water Blog at this link.
8 Texas on Tap — July 2021
