This chapter is intended to establish a comprehensive regulatory system under Texas Water Code Chapter 13 to assure rates, operations, and services which are just and reasonable to the consumer and the retail public utilities, and to establish the rights and responsibilities of both the retail public utility and consumer. This chapter shall be given a fair and impartial construction to obtain these objectives and shall be applied uniformly regardless of race, color, religion, sex, or marital status. This chapter shall also govern the procedure for the institution, conduct and determination of all water and sewer rate causes and proceedings before the commission. These sections shall not be construed so as to enlarge, diminish, modify, or alter the jurisdiction, powers, or authority of the commission or the substantive rights of any person.

Source Note:The provisions of this §291.1 adopted to be effective October 9, 1990, 15 TexReg 4019; amended to be effective February 4, 1999, 24 TexReg 738.