82R32401 VOO-D
By: Gallego H.R. No. 2692
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 2439 (posting suggestions and
ideas on cost-efficiency on certain state agency websites, posting
state budget documents on a state agency website, and a state agency
website to provide information to the consumers of retail electric
service) to consider and take action on the following matters:
(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit
the committee to add text on a matter which is not included in
either the house or senate version of the bill by adding the
following section to the bill:
SECTION 5. Section 39.916, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) A retail electric provider that does not purchase
surplus electricity from a distributed renewable generation owner
shall include on each residential customer's bill a statement, in
at least 12-point type on the front of the first page, that informs
the customer that the customer can get information at
www.powertochoose.com regarding retail electric providers that do
purchase surplus electricity from a distributed renewable
generation owner.
Explanation: The change is necessary to require a retail
electric provider to give written notice to each customer regarding
the availability to the customer of a retail electric provider that
purchases surplus electricity from a distributed renewable
generation owner.
(2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit
the committee to add text not included in either the house or senate
version of the bill to added Section 322.0081, Government Code, by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) The requirement under Subsection (a) does not supersede
any exceptions provided under Chapter 552.
(e) The board shall promulgate rules to implement the
provisions of this section.
Explanation: This addition is necessary to clarify that added
Section 322.0081(a), Government Code, does not supersede any
exceptions under Chapter 552, Government Code, and to require the
Legislative Budget Board to promulgate rules to implement added
Section 322.0081.
(3) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit
the committee to change text not in disagreement in added Sections
322.0081(a) and (c), Government Code, to read as follows:
(a) The board shall post on the board's Internet website
documents prepared by the board that are provided to a committee,
subcommittee, or conference committee of either house of the
legislature in connection with an appropriations bill.
(c) The document must be downloadable and provide data in a
format that allows the public to search, extract, organize, and
analyze the information in the document.
Explanation: The change is necessary to remove text that does
not add to the clear meaning of the law and to indicate that the
budget document on the website is not required to be in open
standard format.