CHAPTER 124. SUBMETERING TO MOBILE HOME PARKS AND APARTMENT HOUSES - Texas Statutes

UTILITIES CODE

TITLE 3. GAS REGULATION

SUBTITLE B. REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND USE

CHAPTER 124. SUBMETERING TO MOBILE HOME PARKS AND APARTMENT

HOUSES

Sec. 124.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Apartment house" means one or more buildings containing

more than five dwelling units each of which is rented primarily

for nontransient use with rent paid at intervals of one week or

longer. The term includes a rented or owner-occupied residential

condominium.

(2) "Dwelling unit" means:

(A) one or more rooms that are suitable for occupancy as a

residence and that contain kitchen and bathroom facilities; or

(B) a mobile home in a mobile home park.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 124.002. SUBMETERING. (a) The railroad commission shall

adopt rules under which an owner, operator, or manager of a

mobile home park or apartment house may purchase natural gas

through a master meter for delivery to a dwelling unit in the

mobile home park or apartment house using individual submeters to

allocate fairly the cost of the gas consumption of each dwelling

unit.

(b) In addition to other appropriate safeguards for a resident

of a mobile home park or apartment house, the rules must provide

that the owner, operator, or manager of the mobile home park or

apartment house:

(1) may not deliver natural gas for sale or resale for profit;

and

(2) shall maintain adequate records relating to that submetering

and make those records available for inspection by the resident

during reasonable business hours.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.