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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to customer choice for school districts served by |
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municipally owned electric utilities and electric cooperatives. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 40.061 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 40.061. SCHOOL DISTRICT UTILITY CHOICE. |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school |
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district served by a municipally owned utility that has not chosen |
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to participate in customer choice shall, within the certificated |
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retail service area of the utility, have the right of customer |
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choice as if the utility had chosen to participate in customer |
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choice. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 41, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 41.064 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.064. SCHOOL DISTRICT UTILITY CHOICE. |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school |
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district served by an electric cooperative that has not chosen to |
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participate in customer choice shall, within the certificated |
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retail service area of the cooperative, have the right of customer |
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choice as if the cooperative had chosen to participate in customer |
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choice. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |