Bill Text: TX HB911 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Left pending in committee [HB911 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB911-Introduced.html

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84R324 DDT-D
By: Sheets H.B. No. 911

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Public Utility Commission of
Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.051(a), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The commission is composed of five [three]
commissioners appointed as follows:
(1) four members appointed by the governor with the
advice and consent of the senate, one of whom must be appointed from
a list of candidates submitted to the governor by the speaker of the
house of representatives; and
(2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor.
SECTION 2. Promptly after this Act takes effect, the
governor and the lieutenant governor shall each appoint an
additional member to the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The
governor shall appoint the additional member from a list of
candidates submitted to the governor by the speaker of the house of
representatives. The member appointed by the governor shall serve
a term expiring August 31, 2019, and the member appointed by the
lieutenant governor shall serve a term expiring August 31, 2021.
Until all appointees have taken office, a quorum of the commission
is a majority of the number of members who are qualified.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.