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1	1	By: Callegari (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2619
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
3	3	April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Business and Commerce; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to emergency preparedness information about water
11	11	facilities.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Sections 13.1396(b), (c), (d), (e), and (g),
14	14	Water Code, are amended to read as follows:
15	15	(b) An affected utility shall submit to [the county judge,]
16	16	the office of emergency management of each county in which the
17	17	utility has more than one customer, the Public Utility Commission
18	18	of Texas, and the office of emergency management of the governor[,]
19	19	a copy of:
20	20	(1) the affected utility's emergency preparedness plan
21	21	approved under Section 13.1395; and
22	22	(2) the commission's notification to the affected
23	23	utility that the plan is accepted.
24	24	(c) Each affected utility shall submit to each electric
25	25	utility that provides transmission and distribution service to the
26	26	affected utility, each retail electric provider that sells electric
27	27	power to the affected utility, [the county judge and] the office of
28	28	emergency management of each county in which the utility has water
29	29	and wastewater facilities that qualify for critical load status
30	30	under rules adopted by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, [and
31	31	to] the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the division of
32	32	emergency management of the governor:
33	33	(1) information identifying the location and
34	34	providing a general description of all water and wastewater
35	35	facilities that qualify for critical load status; and
36	36	(2) emergency contact information for the affected
37	37	utility, including:
38	38	(A) the person who will serve as a point of
39	39	contact and the person's telephone number;
40	40	(B) the person who will serve as an alternative
41	41	point of contact and the person's telephone number; and
42	42	(C) the affected utility's mailing address.
43	43	(d) An affected utility shall:
44	44	(1) annually submit the information required by
45	45	Subsection (c) to each electric utility that provides transmission
46	46	and distribution service to the affected utility and to each retail
47	47	electric provider that sells electric power to the affected
48	48	utility; and
49	49	(2) immediately update the information provided under
50	50	Subsection (c) as changes to the information occur.
51	51	(e) Each [Not later than February 1 of each year, the county
52	52	judge of each county that receives the information required by
53	53	Subsections (c) and (d) shall:
54	54	[(1) submit the information for each affected utility
55	55	to each retail electric provider that sells electric power to an
56	56	affected utility and each electric utility that provides
57	57	transmission and distribution service to an affected utility; and
58	58	[(2) in cooperation with the] affected utility shall
59	59	[,] submit annually to each electric utility that provides
60	60	transmission and distribution service to the affected utility and
61	61	to each retail electric provider that sells electric power to the
62	62	affected utility [for each affected utility] any forms reasonably
63	63	required by an electric utility or retail electric provider for
64	64	determining critical load status, including a critical care
65	65	eligibility determination form or similar form.
66	66	(g) If an electric utility determines that an affected
67	67	utility's facilities do not qualify for critical load status, the
68	68	electric utility and the retail electric provider, not later than
69	69	the 30th day after the date the electric utility or retail electric
70	70	provider receives the information required by Subsections (c) and
71	71	(d), shall provide a detailed explanation of the electric utility's
72	72	determination to the affected utility and the office of emergency
73	73	management of each county in which the affected utility's
74	74	facilities are located [each county judge that submitted the
75	75	information].
76	76	SECTION 2. Section 13.1396(a)(2), Water Code, is repealed.
77	77	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
78	78	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
79	79	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
80	80	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
81	81	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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