H.B. No. 294         AN ACT   relating to appointment of a receiver for a water or sewer utility.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.412(a), Water Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  At the request of the utility commission or the   commission, the attorney general shall bring suit for the   appointment of a receiver to collect the assets and carry on the   business of a water or sewer utility that:                (1)  has abandoned operation of its facilities;                (2)  informs the utility commission or the commission   that the owner is abandoning the system;                (3)  violates a final order of the utility commission   or the commission; [or]                (4)  allows any property owned or controlled by it to be   used in violation of a final order of the utility commission or the   commission; or                (5)  violates a final judgment issued by a district   court in a suit brought by the attorney general under:                      (A)  this chapter;                      (B)  Chapter 7; or                      (C)  Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the House on April   26, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the Senate on May   12, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor