88R13372 JXC-D
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3941
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipally owned utility reports on infrastructure
improvement and maintenance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.101, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 38.101. REPORT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND
MAINTENANCE. (a) Not later than May 1 of each year, each electric
utility and municipally owned utility shall submit to the
commission a report describing the utility's activities related to:
(1) identifying areas that are susceptible to damage
during severe weather and hardening transmission and distribution
facilities in those areas;
(2) vegetation management; and
(3) inspecting distribution poles.
(b) Each electric utility and municipally owned utility
shall include in a report required under Subsection (a) a summary of
the utility's activities related to preparing for emergency
operations.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.