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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the assessment on the gross receipts of electricity for |
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certain providers of retail electric service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 16.001(a) and (b), Utilities Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) To pay [defray] the expenses incurred in the |
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administration of this title, an assessment is imposed on each |
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public utility, retail electric provider, and electric cooperative |
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within the jurisdiction of the commission that serves the ultimate |
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consumer, including each interexchange telecommunications carrier. |
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(b) An assessment under this section is equal to a |
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percentage [one-sixth of one percent] of the public utility's, |
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retail electric provider's, or electric cooperative's gross |
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receipts from rates charged to the ultimate consumer in this state |
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estimated by the commission to match the total amount of money |
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appropriated to the commission by the legislature to administer |
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this title for that state fiscal biennium. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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affect assessments due before the effective date of this Act, and |
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the law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued |
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in effect for purposes of the liability for those assessments. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |