Bill Text: TX HB3025 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the membership and meetings of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3025 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3025-Introduced.html
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By: Darby | H.B. No. 3025 |
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relating to the membership and meetings of the Public Utility | ||
Commission of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 12.051(a) and (b), Utilities Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission is composed of: | ||
(1) three commissioners appointed by the governor with | ||
the advice and consent of the senate; | ||
(2) one commissioner appointed by the governor from a | ||
list of names submitted by the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives and with the advice and consent of the senate; and | ||
(3) one commissioner appointed by the lieutenant | ||
governor with the advice and consent of the senate. | ||
(b) An appointment to the commission shall be made without | ||
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or | ||
national origin of the appointee. The appointments shall be made so | ||
that at least one commissioner is designated to represent each of | ||
the north, south, west, and Houston load zones of the ERCOT power | ||
region. One commissioner may serve without having a designated | ||
zone. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 12.055, Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.055. PROHIBITION ON SEEKING ANOTHER OFFICE. A | ||
person may not seek nomination or election to another civil office | ||
of this state or of the United States while serving as a | ||
commissioner. If a commissioner files for nomination or election | ||
to another civil office of this state or of the United States, the | ||
person's office as commissioner immediately becomes vacant, and the | ||
governor or lieutenant governor, as applicable, shall appoint a | ||
successor in accordance with Section 12.051 and, if necessary, | ||
shall designate the zone to be represented by the commissioner in | ||
accordance with Subsection (b) of that section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 12.058, Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.058. MEETINGS. The commission shall hold meetings | ||
at its office and at other convenient places in this state on the | ||
first and third Thursday of every month [ |
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SECTION 4. (a) The governor and the lieutenant governor | ||
each shall promptly appoint a commissioner to the Public Utility | ||
Commission of Texas in accordance with Sections 12.051(a)(2) and | ||
(3), Utilities Code, as added by this Act. The term of the | ||
commissioner appointed by the lieutenant governor expires | ||
September 1, 2025, and the term of the commissioner appointed by the | ||
governor expires September 1, 2027. The appointments made under | ||
this section must designate the appointed commissioner as | ||
representing a zone described by Section 12.051(b), Utilities Code, | ||
as amended by this Act. | ||
(b) Following the appointments made under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section, the governor shall designate two of the other three | ||
commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas as a | ||
commissioner representing one of the zones described by Section | ||
12.051(b), Utilities Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |