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| 1 | 1 | 89R4750 CS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cook, et al. S.B. No. 271 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the eligibility of certain retail electric customers | |
| 10 | 10 | for designation as critical care residential customers. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 17.002(3-a), Utilities Code, is amended | |
| 13 | 13 | to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (3-a) "Critical care residential customer" means a | |
| 15 | 15 | residential customer who has a person permanently residing in the | |
| 16 | 16 | customer's home who has been diagnosed by a physician as being | |
| 17 | 17 | dependent upon: | |
| 18 | 18 | (A) an electric-powered medical device to | |
| 19 | 19 | sustain life; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (B) an elevator to access or exit the customer's | |
| 21 | 21 | home. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |