Sec. 1501.006.  RATES FOR SERVICE.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality that issues bonds under this subchapter shall establish rates for sewer service in amounts sufficient to:
(1)  pay:
(A)  maintenance and operation expenses;
(B)  the bonds as they are scheduled to mature;  and
(C)  interest on the bonds as it accrues;  and
(2)  establish and maintain any fund provided in the ordinance authorizing the bonds.
(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the municipality may not, during the term of a contract for sewer service, increase the amount of the consideration for that service specified in the contract except:
(1)  as the contract provides;  or
(2)  as the parties to the contract agree.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.