81R9586 TRH-D
By: Miklos H.B. No. 3251
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that electric utilities and natural gas
utilities notify the owner and manager of a multiunit residential
property on the disconnection of service of a resident.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Utilities Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 18 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 18. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS
Sec. 18.001. NOTICE OF DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE. To
protect residents of a multiunit residential property from
potential fire hazards, the commission by rule shall require an
electric utility or natural gas utility to immediately notify the
owner and manager of the property when the utility disconnects the
submetered electric or natural gas service of a resident of the
property.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.