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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the discontinuation of the Telecommunications |
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Infrastructure Fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 57, Utilities Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The assessment imposed under Subchapter C, |
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Chapter 57, Utilities Code, for the calendar quarter ending in |
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September 2007 is due on the last day of October 2007, and |
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Subchapter C, Chapter 57, Utilities Code, is continued in effect |
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for the collection of the assessment due and for civil and criminal |
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enforcement of the liability for that assessment. |
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(b) A telecommunications utility or commercial mobile |
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service provider subject to Subchapter C, Chapter 57, Utilities |
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Code, may recover from the utility's customers through a monthly |
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billing process the amount of the assessment imposed under that |
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subchapter as provided by Section 57.048(f), Utilities Code, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of |
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this section, this Act takes effect October 1, 2007. |
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(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect immediately if this |
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Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate |
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effect, Section 2 of this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |