Amend HB 144 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 38.103, Utilities Code, as follows:
(1) In added Subsection (a) (page 1, line 33), strike "in the entity's" and substitute "the cooperative or utility owns in the cooperative's or utility's".
(2) Strike added Subsections (b) and (c) (page 1, lines 34 through 57), substitute the following, and reletter subsequent subsections and cross-references to those subsections accordingly:
(b) Each plan submitted under Subsection (a) must include:
(1) a statement of the plan's scope and objectives for ensuring public safety through the effective management, inspection, maintenance, and repair of distribution poles;
(2) the roles and responsibilities of individuals responsible for overseeing and executing the plan;
(3) processes for training and certifying personnel, including third-party vendors, who inspect distribution poles;
(4) an estimated timeline for completing inspections and remedial action required for any pole identified as unreliable, unsafe, or needing repair;
(5) processes for documenting and responding to a report or complaint made by a landowner regarding the condition or repair of a distribution pole;
(6) for a plan submitted by an electric utility, the estimated cost of implementing the plan; and
(7) a description of the cooperative's or utility's methods to monitor compliance with the plan.
(3) In added Subsection (d) (page 1, lines 58 and 59), strike "Except as provided by Subsection (e), at least once every three years" and substitute "Not later than May 1 of each year".
(4) In added Subsection (d) (page 1, line 61, through page 2, line 1), strike "and the costs of implementing the plan" and substitute ", the costs of implementing the plan to date, and the results of the entity's inspection of distribution poles, including the number of poles inspected and any remediation or replacement action taken".
(5) Strike added Subsections (e) and (f) (page 2, lines 3 through 18), substitute the following appropriately lettered subsections, and reletter subsequent subsections and cross-references to those subsections accordingly:
( ) The commission shall review each plan and update submitted under this section to determine whether the entity that submitted the plan or update is in compliance with the plan's objectives described by Subsection (b)(1) and notify the entity whether or not the entity is in compliance with those objectives.
( ) The commission may accept in place of the information required under this section any information required under other law that is substantially similar to the information required under this section.