| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 2664 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the disclosure of customer information by |
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| 6 | 6 | | government-operated utilities. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 182.054, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 9 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 182.054. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not |
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| 11 | 11 | | prohibit a government-operated utility from disclosing personal |
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| 12 | 12 | | information in a customer's account record to: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) an official or employee of the state, a political |
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| 14 | 14 | | subdivision of the state, or the United States acting in an official |
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| 15 | 15 | | capacity; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) an employee of a utility acting in connection with |
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| 17 | 17 | | the employee's duties; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) a consumer reporting agency; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (4) a contractor or subcontractor approved by and |
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| 20 | 20 | | providing services to the utility, the state, a political |
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| 21 | 21 | | subdivision of the state, or the United States; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (5) a person for whom the customer has contractually |
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| 23 | 23 | | waived confidentiality for personal information; [or] |
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| 24 | 24 | | (6) another entity that provides water, wastewater, |
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| 25 | 25 | | sewer, gas, garbage, electricity, or drainage service for |
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| 26 | 26 | | compensation; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (7) another entity as necessary to facilitate the |
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| 28 | 28 | | transition of customers among retail electric providers under |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 40.053 or to comply with rules, guidelines, and procedures |
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| 30 | 30 | | established by an independent organization certified under Section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 39.151; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (8) a retail electric provider, as defined by Section |
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| 33 | 33 | | 31.002(17). |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 39 | 39 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | 41 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2664 was passed by the House on April |
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| 42 | 42 | | 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 43 | 43 | | voting. |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 46 | 46 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2664 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 47 | 47 | | 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | 50 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Date |
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| 52 | 52 | | _____________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Governor |
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