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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that electric utilities and natural gas |
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utilities notify the owner and manager of a multiunit residential |
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property on the disconnection of service of a resident. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Utilities Code, is amended |
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by adding Chapter 18 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 18. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 18.001. NOTICE OF DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE. To |
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protect residents of a multiunit residential property from |
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potential fire hazards, the commission by rule shall require an |
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electric utility or natural gas utility to immediately notify the |
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owner and manager of the property when the utility disconnects the |
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submetered electric or natural gas service of a resident of the |
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property. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |