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| 1 | 1 | 87R12057 CXP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2079 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the composition of the Public Utility Commission of | |
| 8 | 8 | Texas. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 12.051(a), Utilities Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) The commission is composed of five [three] | |
| 13 | 13 | commissioners appointed by the governor with the advice and consent | |
| 14 | 14 | of the senate, with: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) three commissioners of the political party whose | |
| 16 | 16 | candidate for governor received the most votes in the most recent | |
| 17 | 17 | gubernatorial election; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) two commissioners of the political party whose | |
| 19 | 19 | candidate for governor received the second most votes in the most | |
| 20 | 20 | recent gubernatorial election. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The governor shall promptly appoint two | |
| 22 | 22 | commissioners to the Public Utility Commission of Texas in | |
| 23 | 23 | accordance with Section 12.051, Utilities Code, as amended by this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act. The governor shall designate one commissioner to a term that | |
| 25 | 25 | expires September 1, 2025, and one commissioner to a term that | |
| 26 | 26 | expires September 1, 2027. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |