Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3025 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R10872 CXP-D
2	2	By: Darby H.B. No. 3025
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the membership and meetings of the Public Utility
8	8	Commission of Texas.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 12.051(a) and (b), Utilities Code, are
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) The commission is composed of:
13	13	(1) three commissioners appointed by the governor with
14	14	the advice and consent of the senate;
15	15	(2) one commissioner appointed by the governor from a
16	16	list of names submitted by the speaker of the house of
17	17	representatives and with the advice and consent of the senate; and
18	18	(3) one commissioner appointed by the lieutenant
19	19	governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
20	20	(b) An appointment to the commission shall be made without
21	21	regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
22	22	national origin of the appointee. The appointments shall be made so
23	23	that at least one commissioner is designated to represent each of
24	24	the north, south, west, and Houston load zones of the ERCOT power
25	25	region. One commissioner may serve without having a designated
26	26	zone.
27	27	SECTION 2. Section 12.055, Utilities Code, is amended to
28	28	read as follows:
29	29	Sec. 12.055. PROHIBITION ON SEEKING ANOTHER OFFICE. A
30	30	person may not seek nomination or election to another civil office
31	31	of this state or of the United States while serving as a
32	32	commissioner. If a commissioner files for nomination or election
33	33	to another civil office of this state or of the United States, the
34	34	person's office as commissioner immediately becomes vacant, and the
35	35	governor or lieutenant governor, as applicable, shall appoint a
36	36	successor in accordance with Section 12.051 and, if necessary,
37	37	shall designate the zone to be represented by the commissioner in
38	38	accordance with Subsection (b) of that section.
39	39	SECTION 3. Section 12.058, Utilities Code, is amended to
40	40	read as follows:
41	41	Sec. 12.058. MEETINGS. The commission shall hold meetings
42	42	at its office and at other convenient places in this state on the
43	43	first and third Thursday of every month [as expedient and
44	44	necessary] for the proper performance of the commission's duties.
45	45	SECTION 4. (a) The governor and the lieutenant governor
46	46	each shall promptly appoint a commissioner to the Public Utility
47	47	Commission of Texas in accordance with Sections 12.051(a)(2) and
48	48	(3), Utilities Code, as added by this Act. The term of the
49	49	commissioner appointed by the lieutenant governor expires
50	50	September 1, 2025, and the term of the commissioner appointed by the
51	51	governor expires September 1, 2027. The appointments made under
52	52	this section must designate the appointed commissioner as
53	53	representing a zone described by Section 12.051(b), Utilities Code,
54	54	as amended by this Act.
55	55	(b) Following the appointments made under Subsection (a) of
56	56	this section, the governor shall designate two of the other three
57	57	commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas as a
58	58	commissioner representing one of the zones described by Section
59	59	12.051(b), Utilities Code, as amended by this Act.
60	60	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.