Bill Text: TX HB4414 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to bill payment assistance for certain utility bills after a disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4414 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4414-Introduced.html
| By: Herrero | H.B. No. 4414 | |
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| relating to bill payment assistance for certain utility bills after | ||
| a disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.9031 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.9031. DISASTER BILL PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. (a) The | ||
| commission by rule shall direct municipally owned utilities, | ||
| electric cooperatives, and retail electric providers in the ERCOT | ||
| power region to waive any bill increases for retail electric | ||
| customers who receive an unusually high bill for services provided | ||
| during a state of disaster or emergency declared by the president of | ||
| the United States or a state of disaster declared by the governor | ||
| under Chapter 418, Government Code; | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
