Sec. 7958.0306.  CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.  (a)  Notwithstanding Chapter 13, Water Code, the district may provide sewer and wastewater service without a certificate of convenience and necessity.
(b)  Not later than the 30th day before the date the district intends to provide sewer and wastewater service, the district must notify the utility commission and each retail public utility that provides sewer and wastewater services in the district.
(c)  If the district does not acquire a retail public utility that holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity for providing sewer and wastewater service in the district territory, the district shall:
(1)  not later than the 30th day after the date the district begins providing sewer and wastewater service, petition the utility commission to decertify the territory inside the district of the existing certificate holder; and
(2)  compensate the existing certificate holder in an amount determined by the utility commission.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1370 (H.B. 4749), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.