By: Hegar S.B. No. 1849
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 24, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 20, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 20, 2011,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1849 By: Harris
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to furthering stability and affordable service in the
communications industry through the universal service fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.025, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a local exchange
company that has been receiving support under a commission order
issued under this section before January 1, 2005, is entitled to
continue to receive that support. The commission may not require
the company to reimburse the commission for support that the
company received under this section on or after January 1, 2005, and
before the date this subsection takes effect.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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