78R4684 JD-D

By:  Goolsby                                                      H.B. No. 1342



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas 
or the Railroad Commission of Texas to conduct a closed meeting to 
deliberate a security threat, disaster, or energy emergency.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 551.093 to read as follows:
	Sec. 551.093.  DELIBERATIONS OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF 
TEXAS OR RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS RELATING TO SECURITY THREAT, 
DISASTER, OR ENERGY EMERGENCY.   (a)  In this section, "disaster" 
and "energy emergency" have the meanings assigned by Section 
418.004.
	(b)  This chapter does not require the Public Utility 
Commission of Texas or the Railroad Commission of Texas to conduct 
an open meeting to deliberate the details, or specific occasions 
for implementation, of a plan for responding to a security threat, a 
disaster, or an energy emergency.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.