By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 3096
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the use of an emergency notification
system by certain public service providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.192(h), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(h) The requirements of this section do not apply to:
(1) a public service provider serving 250,000 or fewer
customers; or
(2) an emergency notification system that is in use by
a public service provider on June 1, 2011.
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, 2013.
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