By Swinford H.B. No. 2019 74R6563 CBH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a contract for the provision of certain services 1-3 transported or provided by a telecommunications utility. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article XIII, Public Utility Regulatory Act 1-6 (Article 1446c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-7 adding Section 93D to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 93D. (a) A contract to purchase an information service 1-9 or to purchase software necessary to receive an information service 1-10 that is transported or provided by a telecommunications utility may 1-11 contain a provision authorizing an automatic renewal for not more 1-12 than 30 days on expiration of the initial term or a renewal term of 1-13 the contract if neither party gives the other party written notice 1-14 of termination. 1-15 (b) A contract that provides for an automatic renewal for 1-16 more than 30 days on expiration of the initial term or a renewal 1-17 term is void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy. 1-18 (c) In this section, "information service" means furnishing 1-19 general or specialized news or other current information, including 1-20 financial information. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 1-22 applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or after that 1-23 date. A contract entered into before the effective date of this 1-24 Act and that has not been renewed after the effective date of this 2-1 Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was 2-2 entered into, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.