BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 2565 By: Averitt State Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE S.B. 2565 is a clean-up bill being presented at the recommendation of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). The bill's purpose is to remove an outdated provision of the Public Utility Regulatory Act still in statute from the legislature's enactment of the new business tax. The legislature abolished the old tax when the new law was phased in, but an oversight by the legislature left the calculation and the requirements to report to the PUC under the old law in place. S.B. 2565 repeals Section 53.202 (Adjustment for Change in Tax Liability), Utilities Code. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS S.B. 2565 repeals Section 53.202, Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utility Commission of Texas providing for an adjustment of a utility's billing to reflect an increase or decrease in the utility's tax liability. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2009.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
S.B. 2565
By: Averitt
State Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
S.B. 2565
By: Averitt
State Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE S.B. 2565 is a clean-up bill being presented at the recommendation of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). The bill's purpose is to remove an outdated provision of the Public Utility Regulatory Act still in statute from the legislature's enactment of the new business tax. The legislature abolished the old tax when the new law was phased in, but an oversight by the legislature left the calculation and the requirements to report to the PUC under the old law in place. S.B. 2565 repeals Section 53.202 (Adjustment for Change in Tax Liability), Utilities Code.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS S.B. 2565 repeals Section 53.202, Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utility Commission of Texas providing for an adjustment of a utility's billing to reflect an increase or decrease in the utility's tax liability.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2009.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
S.B. 2565 is a clean-up bill being presented at the recommendation of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). The bill's purpose is to remove an outdated provision of the Public Utility Regulatory Act still in statute from the legislature's enactment of the new business tax. The legislature abolished the old tax when the new law was phased in, but an oversight by the legislature left the calculation and the requirements to report to the PUC under the old law in place.
S.B. 2565 repeals Section 53.202 (Adjustment for Change in Tax Liability), Utilities Code.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
S.B. 2565 repeals Section 53.202, Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utility Commission of Texas providing for an adjustment of a utility's billing to reflect an increase or decrease in the utility's tax liability.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2009.