Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1531 amends the Utilities Code chapter that sets forth miscellaneous powers and duties of utilities, including gas and electric corporations, gas utilities, electric utilities, telegraph companies, telephone and telegraph corporations, and community antenna and cable television utilities. Previous law defined corporations, for purposes of that chapter, to include partnerships, limited liability companies, and combinations involving one or more corporations. The bill expands the definition of "corporation" in the chapter to include limited partnerships, master limited partnerships, and gas and electric utilities regardless of the form of business organization. The definition does not encompass municipally owned electric or gas utilities.