Bill Text: TX HB1128 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the General Land Office to sell retail electric power.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Left pending in committee [HB1128 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1128-Introduced.html
86R4304 GRM-F | ||
By: Clardy | H.B. No. 1128 |
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relating to the authority of the General Land Office to sell retail | ||
electric power. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 35.107 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 35.107. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY TO SELL OR CONVEY | ||
POWER. (a) Notwithstanding another provision of this subchapter, | ||
the commissioner's authority to sell or convey power under this | ||
subchapter expires September 1, 2022. | ||
(b) This section does not affect the commissioner's | ||
authority to sell or convey natural gas under this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The General Land Office or an entity | ||
operating under a contract with the General Land Office may | ||
continue to provide retail electric service in accordance with | ||
Subchapter D, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, as that subchapter | ||
existed before the effective date of this Act, under the terms of an | ||
agreement with a customer entered into before the effective date of | ||
this Act, only until the date the agreement expires. | ||
(b) The General Land Office may not renew or extend the | ||
expiration or termination date of a contract to provide retail | ||
electric service in accordance with Subchapter D, Chapter 35, | ||
Utilities Code, to a date after September 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |