By Zbranek H.B. No. 412
77R1408 MTB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to an extension to file a request to maintain service area
1-3 certification by a municipally owned utility.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 37.060(b), Utilities Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) This section does not apply in any area in which a
1-8 municipally owned utility is certificated to provide retail
1-9 electric utility service if the municipally owned utility serving
1-10 the area files with the commission by October 1, 2001 [February 1,
1-11 2000], a request that areas within the certificated service area of
1-12 the municipally owned utility remain as presently certificated.
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.