86R9749 JXC-D
By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 2128
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a surcharge on certain telecommunications services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 56.0225 to read as follows:
Sec. 56.0225. FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND SURCHARGE. (a) Each
telecommunications provider that pays the uniform charge under
Section 56.022 shall pay a surcharge of 10 cents per month for each
customer the telecommunications provider bills for the uniform
charge.
(b) A telecommunications provider shall pay the surcharge
in accordance with procedures approved by the commission.
(c) The commission shall ensure that revenue from the
surcharge is remitted to the comptroller for deposit to the credit
of the foundation school fund.
SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall
adopt any rules necessary to implement Section 56.0225, Utilities
Code, as added by this Act, as soon as possible after the effective
date of this Act. A telecommunications provider to which Section
56.0225, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, applies is not
required to pay the surcharge required by that section until
required by a rule of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.