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| 1 | 1 | 85R12020 GRM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1473 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority to establish a customer assistance | |
| 8 | 8 | program for certain municipally owned utilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 552, Local Government | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 552.916 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 552.916. CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AUTHORITY FOR | |
| 13 | 13 | CERTAIN UTILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a board of | |
| 14 | 14 | trustees described by Section 1502.070(a)(2)(B), Government Code. | |
| 15 | 15 | (b) Notwithstanding any limitation provided by a home-rule | |
| 16 | 16 | charter or any other policy of a municipal governing body, a board | |
| 17 | 17 | of trustees has the exclusive authority to establish a bill payment | |
| 18 | 18 | assistance program for its utility system's customers: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) who received notice of disconnection of service | |
| 20 | 20 | for nonpayment of bills; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) whom the utility determines are low-income | |
| 22 | 22 | customers. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |