Bill Text: TX HB2689 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for a partially deregulated telecommunications cooperative to offer certain services or make changes in its rates or tariffs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-08 - No action taken in committee [HB2689 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2689-Introduced.html
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By: Miller of Comal | H.B. No. 2689 |
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relating to requirements for a partially deregulated | ||
telecommunications cooperative to offer certain services or make | ||
changes in its rates or tariffs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 53.354, Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 53.354. PROCEDURE TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES OR MAKE | ||
CERTAIN CHANGES. After the initial balloting, a cooperative may | ||
offer extended local calling services, offer new services on an | ||
optional basis, or make changes in its rates or tariffs if the | ||
cooperative: | ||
(1) files a statement of intent under Section 53.355; | ||
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(2) provides notice of the proposed action to each | ||
customer and municipality as prescribed by Section 53.356[ |
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SECTION 2. Section 53.355, Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 53.355. STATEMENT OF INTENT. (a) A cooperative must | ||
file a statement of intent to use this subchapter with the | ||
commission and the office not later than the 31st [ |
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the effective date of the proposed change. | ||
(b) The statement must include: | ||
(1) a copy of a resolution, signed by a majority of the | ||
members of the cooperative's board of directors, approving the | ||
proposed action and authorizing the filing of the statement of | ||
intent; | ||
(2) a description of the services affected by the | ||
proposed action; and | ||
(3) a copy of the proposed tariff for the affected | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 53.356, Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 53.356. NOTICE TO AFFECTED PERSONS. (a) The | ||
cooperative shall provide to each affected customer or party, | ||
including a municipality, notice [ |
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proposed action by bill insert, electronic bill message, or by | ||
individual notice. | ||
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before the effective date of the proposed action. | ||
(c) A notice prescribed by this section must include or | ||
refer the customer to an Internet website that includes: | ||
(1) a description of the services affected by the | ||
proposed action; | ||
(2) the effective date of the proposed action; and | ||
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rate action, showing the effect of the proposed action on each of | ||
those rates. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 53.358(a), Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission shall review a proposed action filed | ||
under this subchapter if: | ||
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procedural requirements of this subchapter; or | ||
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commission's substantive policies as expressed in its rules. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 53.357, Utilities Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a statement of intent filed with the Public Utility Commission of | ||
Texas and the Office of Public Utility Counsel on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A statement of intent filed before that | ||
date is governed by the law in effect on the date on which the | ||
statement was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |