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| 1 | 1 | 81R6470 TJS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Geren H.B. No. 1160 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to notice of contract expiration in retail electric | |
| 8 | 8 | service contracts. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 39.112 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 39.112. NOTICE OF CONTRACT EXPIRATION. (a) In this | |
| 13 | 13 | section, "fixed price contract" means a residential retail electric | |
| 14 | 14 | service contract for a term of six months or more in which the price | |
| 15 | 15 | for each billing period is stated in the contract and does not | |
| 16 | 16 | change throughout the term of the contract. The term does not | |
| 17 | 17 | include month-to-month service. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) A retail electric provider shall provide a residential | |
| 19 | 19 | customer who has a fixed price contract with written notification | |
| 20 | 20 | of the date the contract is scheduled to expire. The notice must be | |
| 21 | 21 | sent to the customer's billing address by mail postmarked not less | |
| 22 | 22 | than 60 days before the date the contract is scheduled to expire. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 24 | 24 | to a contract for retail electric service entered into or renewed on | |
| 25 | 25 | or after the effective date of this Act. A contract for retail | |
| 26 | 26 | electric service entered into or renewed before the effective date | |
| 27 | 27 | of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before | |
| 28 | 28 | the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect | |
| 29 | 29 | for that purpose. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |