86R14074 JXC-F
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1174
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the submission of certain utility reports in electronic
form.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.909(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Each electric utility shall submit an annual report to
the commission and the legislature relating to its efforts to
improve workforce diversity and contracting opportunities for
small and historically underutilized businesses. The report must be
submitted in electronic form on October 1 of each year or may be
included as part of any other annual report submitted by the
electric utility to the commission. The report must include:
(1) the diversity of the electric utility's workforce
as of the time of the report;
(2) the electric utility's level of contracting with
small and historically underutilized businesses;
(3) the specific progress made under the plan under
Subsection (b);
(4) the specific initiatives, programs, and
activities undertaken under the plan during the preceding year;
(5) an assessment of the success of each of those
initiatives, programs, and activities;
(6) the extent to which the electric utility has
carried out its initiatives to facilitate opportunities for
contracts or joint ventures with small and historically
underutilized businesses; and
(7) the initiatives, programs, and activities the
electric utility will pursue during the next year to increase the
diversity of its workforce and contracting opportunities for small
and historically underutilized businesses.
SECTION 2. Section 52.256(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Each telecommunications utility shall submit an annual
report to the commission and the legislature relating to its
efforts to improve workforce diversity and contracting
opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses.
The report must be submitted in electronic form and must include:
(1) the diversity of the telecommunications utility's
workforce as of the time of the report;
(2) the telecommunications utility's level of
contracting with small and historically underutilized businesses;
(3) the specific progress made under the plan under
Subsection (b);
(4) the specific initiatives, programs, and
activities undertaken under the plan during the preceding year;
(5) an assessment of the success of each of those
initiatives, programs, and activities;
(6) the extent to which the telecommunications utility
has carried out its initiatives to facilitate opportunities for
contracts or joint ventures with small and historically
underutilized businesses; and
(7) the initiatives, programs, and activities the
telecommunications utility will pursue during the next year to
increase the diversity of its workforce and contracting
opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.