82R7095 RWG-D
By: Shelton H.B. No. 2677
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to customer choice for school districts served by
municipally owned electric utilities and electric cooperatives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 40.061 to read as follows:
Sec. 40.061. SCHOOL DISTRICT UTILITY CHOICE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school
district served by a municipally owned utility that has not chosen
to participate in customer choice shall, within the certificated
retail service area of the utility, have the right of customer
choice as if the utility had chosen to participate in customer
choice.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 41, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 41.064 to read as follows:
Sec. 41.064. SCHOOL DISTRICT UTILITY CHOICE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school
district served by an electric cooperative that has not chosen to
participate in customer choice shall, within the certificated
retail service area of the cooperative, have the right of customer
choice as if the cooperative had chosen to participate in customer
choice.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.