88R10978 KBB-F
 
  By: Tepper H.B. No. 2664
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the disclosure of customer information by
  government-operated utilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 182.054, Utilities Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 182.054.  EXCEPTIONS.  This subchapter does not
  prohibit a government-operated utility from disclosing personal
  information in a customer's account record to:
               (1)  an official or employee of the state, a political
  subdivision of the state, or the United States acting in an official
  capacity;
               (2)  an employee of a utility acting in connection with
  the employee's duties;
               (3)  a consumer reporting agency;
               (4)  a contractor or subcontractor approved by and
  providing services to the utility, the state, a political
  subdivision of the state, or the United States;
               (5)  a person for whom the customer has contractually
  waived confidentiality for personal information; [or]
               (6)  another entity that provides water, wastewater,
  sewer, gas, garbage, electricity, or drainage service for
  compensation;
               (7)  another entity as necessary to facilitate the
  transition of customers among retail electric providers under
  Section 40.053 or to comply with rules, guidelines, and procedures
  established by an independent organization certified under Section
  39.151; or
               (8)  a retail electric provider, as defined by Section
  31.002(17).
         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, 2023.