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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to priorities for restoration of electric service |
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following an extended power outage. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.072 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.072. PRIORITIES FOR POWER RESTORATION TO CERTAIN |
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MEDICAL FACILITIES. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Assisted living facility" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 247.002, Health and Safety Code. |
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(2) "Extended power outage" has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 13.1395, Water Code. |
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(3) "Hospice services" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 142.001, Health and Safety Code. |
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(4) "Nursing facility" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 242.301, Health and Safety Code. |
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(b) The commission by rule shall require an electric |
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utility, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, |
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qualifying facility, power generation company, exempt wholesale |
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generator, or power marketer to give to the following the same |
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priority that it gives to a hospital in its emergency operations |
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plan for restoring power after an extended power outage: |
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(1) a nursing facility; |
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(2) an assisted living facility; and |
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(3) a facility that provides hospice services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |