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| 1 | 1 | By: Herrero H.B. No. 4414 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to bill payment assistance for certain utility bills after | |
| 7 | 7 | a disaster. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Section 39.9031 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 39.9031. DISASTER BILL PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. (a) The | |
| 12 | 12 | commission by rule shall direct municipally owned utilities, | |
| 13 | 13 | electric cooperatives, and retail electric providers in the ERCOT | |
| 14 | 14 | power region to waive any bill increases for retail electric | |
| 15 | 15 | customers who receive an unusually high bill for services provided | |
| 16 | 16 | during a state of disaster or emergency declared by the president of | |
| 17 | 17 | the United States or a state of disaster declared by the governor | |
| 18 | 18 | under Chapter 418, Government Code; | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |