78R6218 CBH-D

By:  Baxter                                                       H.B. No. 1948



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the membership of the electric utility restructuring 
legislative oversight committee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.907(b), Utilities Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The committee is composed of six members as follows:                      
		(1)  the chair of the Senate Committee on Business and 
Commerce [Economic Development] and the chair of the House 
Committee on Regulated Industries [State Affairs], who shall serve 
as joint chairs of the committee;
		(2)  two members of the senate appointed by the 
lieutenant governor;  and   
		(3)  two members of the house of representatives 
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
	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.