Bill Text: TX HB2664 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of customer information by government-operated utilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Effective immediately [HB2664 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2664-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2664 |
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relating to the disclosure of customer information by | ||
government-operated utilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 182.054, Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 182.054. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not | ||
prohibit a government-operated utility from disclosing personal | ||
information in a customer's account record to: | ||
(1) an official or employee of the state, a political | ||
subdivision of the state, or the United States acting in an official | ||
capacity; | ||
(2) an employee of a utility acting in connection with | ||
the employee's duties; | ||
(3) a consumer reporting agency; | ||
(4) a contractor or subcontractor approved by and | ||
providing services to the utility, the state, a political | ||
subdivision of the state, or the United States; | ||
(5) a person for whom the customer has contractually | ||
waived confidentiality for personal information; [ |
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(6) another entity that provides water, wastewater, | ||
sewer, gas, garbage, electricity, or drainage service for | ||
compensation; | ||
(7) another entity as necessary to facilitate the | ||
transition of customers among retail electric providers under | ||
Section 40.053 or to comply with rules, guidelines, and procedures | ||
established by an independent organization certified under Section | ||
39.151; or | ||
(8) a retail electric provider, as defined by Section | ||
31.002(17). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2664 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2664 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |