78R8891 T
By: Farabee H.B. No. 2846
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the repeal of the requirement that the State Office of
Administrative Hearings conduct hearings in gas utility cases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 102.006, Subchapter A, Chapter 102,
Utilities Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 2003.0491, Subchapter C, Chapter 2003,
Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to
contested case proceedings initiated on or after the effective date
of this Act. A proceeding initiated before the effective date of
this Act, is governed by the law in effect on the date the
proceeding was initiated, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.