82R5543 JXC-D
By: Harless H.B. No. 2616
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the elimination of certain requirements for certain
customer-specific communications contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.056, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 52.056. SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED REGULATORY
TREATMENTS. The regulatory treatments the commission may implement
under Section 52.054 include:
(1) approval of a range of rates for a specific
service; and
(2) [approval of a customer-specific contract for a
specific service; and
[(3)] the detariffing of rates.
SECTION 2. Section 58.255(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) [Each contract shall be filed with the commission.]
Commission approval of a contract is not required.
SECTION 3. Section 59.074(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) [Each contract shall be filed with the commission.]
Commission approval of a contract is not required.
SECTION 4. Sections 52.057 and 53.065(b), Utilities Code,
are repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.