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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental |
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entities subject to that process. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.005, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.005. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Public Utility |
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Commission of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code |
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(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by |
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that chapter or by Chapter 39, the commission is abolished and this |
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title expires September 1, 2023 [2025]. The Sunset Advisory |
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Commission may recommend that the Public Utility Commission of |
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Texas decertify an independent organization certified under |
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Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region. |
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SECTION 2. Section 13.002, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Office of |
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Public Utility Counsel is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code |
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(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by |
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that chapter, the office is abolished and this chapter expires |
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September 1, 2023 [2025]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |