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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to utilities' expenditures for recharging stations for |
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electric vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 36, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 36.066 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 36.066. ALLOWANCE OF EXPENSES RELATED TO ELECTRIC CAR |
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RECHARGING STATIONS. (a) A regulatory authority shall allow as |
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reasonable and necessary expenses an electric utility's |
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expenditures related to recharging stations for electric vehicles |
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to the extent the expenditures qualify for inclusion under |
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Subsection (b). |
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(b) To qualify for inclusion as a reasonable and necessary |
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expense for ratemaking purposes, an electric utility's expenditure |
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must be made: |
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(1) with a business incorporated or formed in this |
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state and located in this state; and |
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(2) for equipment, a good, or a service necessary for |
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planning, designing, constructing, installing, or maintaining for |
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the electric utility a recharging station: |
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(A) for electric vehicles designed for roadway |
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use; and |
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(B) the core functional components of which are |
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wholly or substantially produced or assembled at a location in this |
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state by a business incorporated or formed in this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |