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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the management and operation of certain municipally |
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owned electric utilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.122, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other law, including a municipal |
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ordinance or provision of a municipal charter, a municipality with |
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a population of less than 850,000 that is served by a municipally |
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owned electric utility system with 400,000 or more customers may |
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transfer management and control of the municipality's electric |
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utility system to a board of trustees appointed by the |
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municipality's governing body. |
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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, 2013. |