Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R14074 JXC-F
2	2	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1174
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the submission of certain utility reports in electronic
8	8	form.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 39.909(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(c) Each electric utility shall submit an annual report to
13	13	the commission and the legislature relating to its efforts to
14	14	improve workforce diversity and contracting opportunities for
15	15	small and historically underutilized businesses. The report must be
16	16	submitted in electronic form on October 1 of each year or may be
17	17	included as part of any other annual report submitted by the
18	18	electric utility to the commission. The report must include:
19	19	(1) the diversity of the electric utility's workforce
20	20	as of the time of the report;
21	21	(2) the electric utility's level of contracting with
22	22	small and historically underutilized businesses;
23	23	(3) the specific progress made under the plan under
24	24	Subsection (b);
25	25	(4) the specific initiatives, programs, and
26	26	activities undertaken under the plan during the preceding year;
27	27	(5) an assessment of the success of each of those
28	28	initiatives, programs, and activities;
29	29	(6) the extent to which the electric utility has
30	30	carried out its initiatives to facilitate opportunities for
31	31	contracts or joint ventures with small and historically
32	32	underutilized businesses; and
33	33	(7) the initiatives, programs, and activities the
34	34	electric utility will pursue during the next year to increase the
35	35	diversity of its workforce and contracting opportunities for small
36	36	and historically underutilized businesses.
37	37	SECTION 2. Section 52.256(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
38	38	read as follows:
39	39	(c) Each telecommunications utility shall submit an annual
40	40	report to the commission and the legislature relating to its
41	41	efforts to improve workforce diversity and contracting
42	42	opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses.
43	43	The report must be submitted in electronic form and must include:
44	44	(1) the diversity of the telecommunications utility's
45	45	workforce as of the time of the report;
46	46	(2) the telecommunications utility's level of
47	47	contracting with small and historically underutilized businesses;
48	48	(3) the specific progress made under the plan under
49	49	Subsection (b);
50	50	(4) the specific initiatives, programs, and
51	51	activities undertaken under the plan during the preceding year;
52	52	(5) an assessment of the success of each of those
53	53	initiatives, programs, and activities;
54	54	(6) the extent to which the telecommunications utility
55	55	has carried out its initiatives to facilitate opportunities for
56	56	contracts or joint ventures with small and historically
57	57	underutilized businesses; and
58	58	(7) the initiatives, programs, and activities the
59	59	telecommunications utility will pursue during the next year to
60	60	increase the diversity of its workforce and contracting
61	61	opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses.
62	62	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.