88R4025 CXP-D
By: West S.B. No. 527
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a rebate of the assessment on the gross receipts of
electricity for certain providers of retail electric service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 16, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 16.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 16.0015. REBATE OF ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN UTILITIES.
(a) In this section, "child-care facility" and "day-care center"
have the meanings assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.
(b) An electric utility, retail electric provider, or
electric cooperative that is subject to Section 16.001 and provides
retail electric service to a child-care facility or day-care center
at a rate that is reduced by 50 to 100 percent of the regular rate
for that service is entitled to a rebate from the comptroller under
this section. The electric utility, retail electric provider, or
electric cooperative is entitled to an annual or quarterly, as
applicable, rebate in an amount that is equal to the amount of the
total retail charges, excluding taxes and other fees, that the
utility, provider, or cooperative discounted to all child-care
facilities and day-care centers receiving service from the utility,
provider, or cooperative during the period for which the rebate is
requested. The rebate may not exceed the total amount of
assessments the electric utility, retail electric provider, or
electric cooperative owes to the state under this chapter for the
period for which the rebate is requested.
(c) To receive a rebate under this section, an electric
utility, retail electric provider, or electric cooperative shall
submit a list to the comptroller, signed under penalty of perjury,
of the child-care facilities and day-care centers to which the
utility, provider, or cooperative provided retail electric service
at no cost or a reduced rate for the period for which the rebate is
requested.
(d) The comptroller may adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect assessments due before the effective date of this Act, and
the law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued
in effect for purposes of the liability for those assessments.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.