83R7133 RWG-D
 
  By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 1024
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the management and operation of certain municipally
  owned electric utilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.122, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding any other law, including a municipal
  ordinance or provision of a municipal charter, a municipality with
  a population of less than 850,000 that is served by a municipally
  owned electric utility system with 400,000 or more customers may
  transfer management and control of the municipality's electric
  utility system to a board of trustees appointed by the
  municipality's governing body.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.