79R5558 JD-D
By: Uresti H.B. No. 1127
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of the public information law to an
independent organization established by a power region and
certified by the Public Utility Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.151, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:
(n) An independent organization certified under this
section is subject to Chapter 552, Government Code, as if it were a
governmental body under that chapter.
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, 2005.