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AN ACT
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relating to bill payment assistance programs offered by certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1502.056(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) If the revenue of a utility system, park, or swimming |
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pool secures the payment of public securities issued or obligations |
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incurred under this chapter, each expense of operation and |
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maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials, interest, |
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repairs and extensions necessary to provide efficient service, and |
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each proper item of expense, is a first lien against that revenue. |
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For a municipality with a population of more than one million but |
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less than two million, the first lien against the revenue of a |
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municipally owned utility system that secures the payment of public |
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securities issued or obligations incurred under this chapter also |
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applies to funding, as a necessary operations expense, for a bill |
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payment assistance program for utility system customers who: |
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(1) [have been threatened with disconnection from
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service for nonpayment of bills and who] have been determined by the |
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municipality to be low-income customers; or |
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(2) are military veterans who have significantly |
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decreased abilities to regulate their bodies' core temperatures |
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because of severe burns received in combat. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 758 passed the Senate on |
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March 30, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 758 passed the House on |
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May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 35, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |