| 1 | 1 | | 88R13349 CXP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 4010 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the assessment on the gross receipts of electricity for |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain providers of retail electric service. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 16.001(a) and (b), Utilities Code, are |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) To pay [defray] the expenses incurred in the |
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| 13 | 13 | | administration of this title, an assessment is imposed on each |
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| 14 | 14 | | public utility, retail electric provider, and electric cooperative |
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| 15 | 15 | | within the jurisdiction of the commission that serves the ultimate |
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| 16 | 16 | | consumer, including each interexchange telecommunications carrier. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) An assessment under this section is equal to a |
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| 18 | 18 | | percentage [one-sixth of one percent] of the public utility's, |
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| 19 | 19 | | retail electric provider's, or electric cooperative's gross |
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| 20 | 20 | | receipts from rates charged to the ultimate consumer in this state |
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| 21 | 21 | | estimated by the commission to match the total amount of money |
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| 22 | 22 | | appropriated to the commission by the legislature to administer |
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| 23 | 23 | | this title for that state fiscal biennium. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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| 25 | 25 | | affect assessments due before the effective date of this Act, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | the law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued |
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| 27 | 27 | | in effect for purposes of the liability for those assessments. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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