Bill Text: TX SB527 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a rebate of the assessment on the gross receipts of electricity for certain providers of retail electric service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB527 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB527-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 527 |
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relating to a rebate of the assessment on the gross receipts of | ||
electricity for certain providers of retail electric service. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 16, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 16.0015 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 16.0015. REBATE OF ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN UTILITIES. | ||
(a) In this section, "child-care facility" and "day-care center" | ||
have the meanings assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code. | ||
(b) An electric utility, retail electric provider, or | ||
electric cooperative that is subject to Section 16.001 and provides | ||
retail electric service to a child-care facility or day-care center | ||
at a rate that is reduced by 50 to 100 percent of the regular rate | ||
for that service is entitled to a rebate from the comptroller under | ||
this section. The electric utility, retail electric provider, or | ||
electric cooperative is entitled to an annual or quarterly, as | ||
applicable, rebate in an amount that is equal to the amount of the | ||
total retail charges, excluding taxes and other fees, that the | ||
utility, provider, or cooperative discounted to all child-care | ||
facilities and day-care centers receiving service from the utility, | ||
provider, or cooperative during the period for which the rebate is | ||
requested. The rebate may not exceed the total amount of | ||
assessments the electric utility, retail electric provider, or | ||
electric cooperative owes to the state under this chapter for the | ||
period for which the rebate is requested. | ||
(c) To receive a rebate under this section, an electric | ||
utility, retail electric provider, or electric cooperative shall | ||
submit a list to the comptroller, signed under penalty of perjury, | ||
of the child-care facilities and day-care centers to which the | ||
utility, provider, or cooperative provided retail electric service | ||
at no cost or a reduced rate for the period for which the rebate is | ||
requested. | ||
(d) The comptroller may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not | ||
affect assessments due before the effective date of this Act, and | ||
the law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued | ||
in effect for purposes of the liability for those assessments. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |