| 1 | 1 | | By: Paxton S.B. No. 1272 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental |
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| 7 | 7 | | entities subject to that process. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 12.005, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 12.005. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Public Utility |
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| 12 | 12 | | Commission of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code |
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| 13 | 13 | | (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by |
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| 14 | 14 | | that chapter or by Chapter 39, the commission is abolished and this |
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| 15 | 15 | | title expires September 1, 2023 [2025]. The Sunset Advisory |
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| 16 | 16 | | Commission may recommend that the Public Utility Commission of |
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| 17 | 17 | | Texas decertify an independent organization certified under |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 13.002, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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| 20 | 20 | | read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 13.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Office of |
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| 22 | 22 | | Public Utility Counsel is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code |
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| 23 | 23 | | (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by |
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| 24 | 24 | | that chapter, the office is abolished and this chapter expires |
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| 25 | 25 | | September 1, 2023 [2025]. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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