By: Davis S.B. No. 504
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to discounted utility rates for school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 36.351, Utilities Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 36.351. DISCOUNTED RATES FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER
SCHOOLS.
SECTION 2. Sections 36.351(a) and (f), Utilities Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, each
electric utility and municipally owned utility shall discount
charges for electric service provided to a facility of a four-year
state university, upper-level institution, Texas State Technical
College, [or] college, school district, or open-enrollment charter
school.
(f) An investor-owned electric utility may not recover from
residential customers or any other customer class the assigned and
allocated costs of serving a state university, [or] college, school
district, or open-enrollment charter school that receives a
discount under this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.