79R1520 JJT-D

By:  Hinojosa                                                     S.B. No. 1317



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring certain information regarding critical care 
residential designation to be printed on bills for residential 
electric service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is 
amended by adding Section 39.911 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.911.  CRITICAL CARE RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION NOTICE.  
A retail electric provider shall print prominently on bills for 
residential electric service the following notices:
		"If you or someone in your home must have the use 
of electricity for a medical reason, you may qualify to 
be a 'critical care residential customer' to keep your 
electricity from being turned off.  For more 
information, contact the electric company at: (specify 
appropriate telephone number(s))."
		"Si Ud. o alguien en su casa tiene alguna 
condición médica que resulta en la necesidad de tener 
la electricidad activada, es posible que Ud. califique 
para "Cuidado Critico Residencial."  Para más 
información, llame a su compañía de electricidad a: 
(specify appropriate telephone number(s))."
	SECTION 2.  A retail electric provider shall print on each 
bill for residential electric service it issues on or after January 
1, 2006, the notices specified by Section 39.911, Utilities Code, 
as added by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.