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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing a discounted rate for electricity provided to |
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certain school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 36.351, Utilities Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 36.351. DISCOUNTED RATES FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL |
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DISTRICTS AND [CERTAIN] INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 36.351(a), (d), (e), and (f), Utilities |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, each |
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electric utility and municipally owned utility shall discount |
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charges for electric service provided to a facility of a public |
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school district that is eligible to receive state assistance under |
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Section 42.302, Education Code, or a facility of a four-year state |
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university, upper-level institution, Texas State Technical |
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College, or college. |
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(d) A municipally owned utility is exempt from this section |
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if the municipally owned utility: |
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(1) [,] on September 1, 1995, discounted base |
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commercial rates for electric service provided to all four-year |
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state universities or colleges in its service area by 20 percent or |
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more; or |
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(2) on September 1, 2007, discounted by 20 percent or |
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more base commercial rates for electric service provided to all |
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facilities of a school district that is eligible to receive state |
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assistance under Section 42.302, Education Code. |
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(e) This section does not apply to a rate charged to an |
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institution of higher education by a municipally owned utility that |
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provides a discounted rate to the state for electric services below |
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rates in effect on January 1, 1995, or to a rate charged to a school |
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district that is eligible to receive state assistance under Section |
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42.302, Education Code, by a municipally owned utility that |
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provides a discount to the school district for electric service |
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below rates in effect on September 1, 2007, if the discounted rate |
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provides a greater financial discount to the state or to the school |
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district than is provided to the institution of higher education or |
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school district through the discount provided by this section. |
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(f) An investor-owned electric utility may not recover from |
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residential customers or any other customer class the assigned and |
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allocated costs of serving a school district or a state university |
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or college that receives a discount under this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |