85R11535 SCL-D
By: Burkett H.B. No. 3141
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of municipal notices by utility bill and
mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2051, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2051.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 2051.054. NOTICE OF MUNICIPALITY BY UTILITY BILL AND
MAIL. (a) In this section, "utility" means a person that provides
to the public gas, electricity, telephone, wastewater, or water
service.
(b) A municipality may satisfy a requirement in any other
law to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by:
(1) contracting with a utility to:
(A) include a copy of the notice in the utility
bill that is received by each utility customer; and
(B) provide the municipality with a list of
utility customers that includes the address of each customer; and
(2) mailing the notice to municipal residents who do
not receive a utility bill.
(c) A municipality or utility providing notice under this
section shall ensure that the notice is received at least one day
before the date of the event for which the notice is provided.
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, 2017.