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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipally owned utility reports on infrastructure |
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improvement and maintenance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.101, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.101. REPORT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND |
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MAINTENANCE. (a) Not later than May 1 of each year, each electric |
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utility and municipally owned utility shall submit to the |
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commission a report describing the utility's activities related to: |
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(1) identifying areas that are susceptible to damage |
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during severe weather and hardening transmission and distribution |
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facilities in those areas; |
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(2) vegetation management; and |
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(3) inspecting distribution poles. |
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(b) Each electric utility and municipally owned utility |
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shall include in a report required under Subsection (a) a summary of |
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the utility's activities related to preparing for emergency |
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operations. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |