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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the security of the electricity supply chain. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter F, Chapter 38, |
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Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER F. [TEXAS] ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY AND MAPPING |
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[COMMITTEE] |
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SECTION 2. Section 38.201(c), Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The committee is composed of: |
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(1) the executive director of the commission; |
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(2) the executive director of the Railroad Commission |
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of Texas; |
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(3) the president and the chief executive officer of |
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the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the |
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ERCOT power region; [and] |
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(4) the public safety director of the Department of |
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Public Safety; and |
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(5) the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency |
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Management. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 38, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.205 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.205. PHYSICAL SECURITY OF SUBSTATIONS. (a) The |
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commission shall require each electric cooperative, municipally |
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owned utility, and transmission and distribution utility to include |
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in the cooperative's or utility's emergency operations plan |
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described by Section 186.007 information about the physical |
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security of the cooperative's or utility's critical substations and |
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contact information for each law enforcement agency with |
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jurisdiction over the critical substations. |
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(b) The commission shall provide the Department of Public |
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Safety with access to the information described by Subsection (a). |
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(c) Information provided to the commission or the |
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Department of Public Safety under this section is confidential |
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under Section 418.181, Government Code, and not subject to |
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disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |