Bill Text: TX HB4106 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB4106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4106-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4106 |
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relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints | ||
before the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 13, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 13.5051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.5051. SIMPLIFIED COMPLAINT PROCESS. (a) The | ||
utility commission by rule may adopt a simplified procedure to | ||
resolve a complaint by a tenant against an owner about a bill for | ||
water or wastewater service brought under Section 13.503, 13.5031, | ||
or 13.505. | ||
(b) Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
resolution of a complaint using a procedure described in Subsection | ||
(a). | ||
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. 4106 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 6, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4106 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |