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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of state law regulating the |
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decommissioning costs of certain newly constructed commercial |
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nuclear-powered electric generating facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.206(a)(3), Utilities Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(3) "Nuclear generating unit" means an electric |
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generating facility that uses nuclear energy to generate |
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electricity for sale and is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory |
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Commission [and was under construction in this state after January
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1, 2007, but before January 1, 2015]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.206(b), Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies only to the first six nuclear |
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generating [generation] units the [under] construction of which |
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begins on or after January 1, 2013, and before January 1, 2033, and |
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which are [by January 1, 2015,] owned in whole or in part by a power |
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generation company that elects to utilize the decommissioning |
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mechanism set forth in this section. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |