Bill Text: TX SB1174 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the submission of certain utility reports in electronic form.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1174 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1174-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 1174 | |
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| relating to the submission of certain utility reports in electronic | ||
| form. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.909(c), Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) Each electric utility shall submit an annual report to | ||
| the commission and the legislature relating to its efforts to | ||
| improve workforce diversity and contracting opportunities for | ||
| small and historically underutilized businesses. The report must be | ||
| submitted in electronic form on October 1 of each year or may be | ||
| included as part of any other annual report submitted by the | ||
| electric utility to the commission. The report must include: | ||
| (1) the diversity of the electric utility's workforce | ||
| as of the time of the report; | ||
| (2) the electric utility's level of contracting with | ||
| small and historically underutilized businesses; | ||
| (3) the specific progress made under the plan under | ||
| Subsection (b); | ||
| (4) the specific initiatives, programs, and | ||
| activities undertaken under the plan during the preceding year; | ||
| (5) an assessment of the success of each of those | ||
| initiatives, programs, and activities; | ||
| (6) the extent to which the electric utility has | ||
| carried out its initiatives to facilitate opportunities for | ||
| contracts or joint ventures with small and historically | ||
| underutilized businesses; and | ||
| (7) the initiatives, programs, and activities the | ||
| electric utility will pursue during the next year to increase the | ||
| diversity of its workforce and contracting opportunities for small | ||
| and historically underutilized businesses. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 52.256(c), Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) Each telecommunications utility shall submit an annual | ||
| report to the commission and the legislature relating to its | ||
| efforts to improve workforce diversity and contracting | ||
| opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses. | ||
| The report must be submitted in electronic form and must include: | ||
| (1) the diversity of the telecommunications utility's | ||
| workforce as of the time of the report; | ||
| (2) the telecommunications utility's level of | ||
| contracting with small and historically underutilized businesses; | ||
| (3) the specific progress made under the plan under | ||
| Subsection (b); | ||
| (4) the specific initiatives, programs, and | ||
| activities undertaken under the plan during the preceding year; | ||
| (5) an assessment of the success of each of those | ||
| initiatives, programs, and activities; | ||
| (6) the extent to which the telecommunications utility | ||
| has carried out its initiatives to facilitate opportunities for | ||
| contracts or joint ventures with small and historically | ||
| underutilized businesses; and | ||
| (7) the initiatives, programs, and activities the | ||
| telecommunications utility will pursue during the next year to | ||
| increase the diversity of its workforce and contracting | ||
| opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
