88R4025 CXP-D
 
  By: West S.B. No. 527
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a rebate of the assessment on the gross receipts of
  electricity for certain providers of retail electric service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 16, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 16.0015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 16.0015.  REBATE OF ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN UTILITIES.
  (a) In this section, "child-care facility" and "day-care center"
  have the meanings assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.
         (b)  An electric utility, retail electric provider, or
  electric cooperative that is subject to Section 16.001 and provides
  retail electric service to a child-care facility or day-care center
  at a rate that is reduced by 50 to 100 percent of the regular rate
  for that service is entitled to a rebate from the comptroller under
  this section.  The electric utility, retail electric provider, or
  electric cooperative is entitled to an annual or quarterly, as
  applicable, rebate in an amount that is equal to the amount of the
  total retail charges, excluding taxes and other fees, that the
  utility, provider, or cooperative discounted to all child-care
  facilities and day-care centers receiving service from the utility,
  provider, or cooperative during the period for which the rebate is
  requested.  The rebate may not exceed the total amount of
  assessments the electric utility, retail electric provider, or
  electric cooperative owes to the state under this chapter for the
  period for which the rebate is requested.
         (c)  To receive a rebate under this section, an electric
  utility, retail electric provider, or electric cooperative shall
  submit a list to the comptroller, signed under penalty of perjury,
  of the child-care facilities and day-care centers to which the
  utility, provider, or cooperative provided retail electric service
  at no cost or a reduced rate for the period for which the rebate is
  requested.
         (d)  The comptroller may adopt rules as necessary to
  implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
  affect assessments due before the effective date of this Act, and
  the law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued
  in effect for purposes of the liability for those assessments.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.