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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of gas customer rate relief charges imposed |
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for costs related to Winter Storm Uri. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 104.361, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The legislature finds and declares that Winter Storm Uri |
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constituted a public calamity to this state due to the loss of life, |
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injury, property damage, and widespread disruptions of gas supply, |
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electricity, and utility services caused by prolonged freezing |
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temperatures, heavy snow, and freezing rain statewide. |
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SECTION 2. Section 104.373, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency may |
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provide money appropriated for the purpose to the issuing financing |
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entity to pay the aggregate customer rate relief charges authorized |
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by this subchapter on behalf of customers described by Subsection |
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(a). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |