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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of contract expiration in retail electric |
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service contracts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.112 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.112. NOTICE OF CONTRACT EXPIRATION. (a) In this |
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section, "fixed price contract" means a residential retail electric |
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service contract for a term of six months or more in which the price |
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for each billing period is stated in the contract and does not |
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change throughout the term of the contract. The term does not |
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include month-to-month service. |
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(b) A retail electric provider shall provide a residential |
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customer who has a fixed price contract with written notification |
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of the date the contract is scheduled to expire. The notice must be |
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sent to the customer's billing address by mail postmarked not less |
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than 60 days before the date the contract is scheduled to expire. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a contract for retail electric service entered into or renewed on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A contract for retail |
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electric service entered into or renewed before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before |
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the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |