By: Carona S.B. No. 983
(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2011; March 8, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
March 15, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; March 15, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the elimination of certain requirements for certain
customer-specific communications contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.056, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 52.056. SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED REGULATORY
TREATMENTS. The regulatory treatments the commission may implement
under Section 52.054 include:
(1) approval of a range of rates for a specific
service; and
(2) [approval of a customer-specific contract for a
specific service; and
[(3)] the detariffing of rates.
SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 58.255, Utilities Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) [Each contract shall be filed with the commission.]
Commission approval of a contract is not required.
SECTION 3. Subsection (c), Section 59.074, Utilities Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) [Each contract shall be filed with the commission.]
Commission approval of a contract is not required.
SECTION 4. Section 52.057 and Subsection (b), Section
53.065, Utilities Code, are repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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