Opinion No.

Honorable Chet Brooks Chairman Senate Committee on Human Resources Senate Chamber Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Requirement of individual metering in apartment buildings.

Dear Senator Brooks:

You ask for a construction of article 1446d, V.T.C.S., enacted by the 65th Legislature. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., ch. 353, at 942. You ask whether section 2 of article 1446d precludes a political subdivision from issuing a certificate of occupancy after January 1, 1978, for an apartment building which is not individually metered or submetered for electricity, where the subdivision has issued a building permit for the…