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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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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 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS |
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AND CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 36.351(a), (d), (e), and (f) are |
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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 public school district |
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or a facility of a four-year state university, upper-level |
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institution, Texas State Technical College, or college. |
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(d) A municipally owned utility is exempt from the |
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requirement of this section to discount rates to a facility of a |
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four-year state university, upper-level institution, Texas State |
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Technical College, or college if the municipally owned utility, on |
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September 1, 1995, discounted base commercial rates for electric |
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service provided to all four-year state universities or colleges in |
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its service area by 20 percent or more. A municipally owned utility |
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is exempt from the requirement of this section to discount rates to |
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a public school district if the municipally owned utility, on |
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September 1, 2009, discounted base commercial rates for electric |
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service provided to all school districts in its service area by 20 |
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percent or more. |
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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 by a municipally owned utility that provides a discount to |
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the school district for electric service below rates in effect on |
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September 1, 2009, if the discounted rate provides a greater |
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financial discount to the state or to the school district, as |
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applicable, than is provided to the institution of higher education |
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or 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 state university or college or a school |
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district that receives a discount under this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |