H.B. No. 994
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of state law regulating the
decommissioning costs of certain newly constructed commercial
nuclear-powered electric generating facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.206(a)(3), Utilities Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) "Nuclear generating unit" means an electric
generating facility that uses nuclear energy to generate
electricity for sale and is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission [and was under construction in this state after January
1, 2007, but before January 1, 2015].
SECTION 2. Section 39.206(b), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) This section applies only to the first six nuclear
generating [generation] units the [under] construction of which
begins on or after January 1, 2013, and before January 1, 2033, and
which are [by January 1, 2015,] owned in whole or in part by a power
generation company that elects to utilize the decommissioning
mechanism set forth in this section.
SECTION 3. 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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 994 was passed by the House on April
17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 3, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 994 was passed by the Senate on May 8,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor