By: Fraser S.B. No. 1747
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2005; March 30, 2005, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 11, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 11, 2005, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the interest rate to be paid on utility deposits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 183.003, Utilities Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and deleting Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) The commission shall [may not] set the rate at an amount
that equals [exceeds the lesser of:
[(1) 85 percent of] the average rate paid over the
previous 12-month period on United States treasury bills with a
26-week [12 month] maturity [date; or
[(2) 12 percent].
[(c) The commission may not set the rate at an amount that is
less than six percent.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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