Bill Text: TX HB2619 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to emergency preparedness information about water facilities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2619 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2619-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Callegari (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2619
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to emergency preparedness information about water
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 13.1396(b), (c), (d), (e), and (g),
Water Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) An affected utility shall submit to [the county judge,]
the office of emergency management of each county in which the
utility has more than one customer, the Public Utility Commission
of Texas, and the office of emergency management of the governor[,]
a copy of:
(1) the affected utility's emergency preparedness plan
approved under Section 13.1395; and
(2) the commission's notification to the affected
utility that the plan is accepted.
(c) Each affected utility shall submit to each electric
utility that provides transmission and distribution service to the
affected utility, each retail electric provider that sells electric
power to the affected utility, [the county judge and] the office of
emergency management of each county in which the utility has water
and wastewater facilities that qualify for critical load status
under rules adopted by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, [and
to] the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the division of
emergency management of the governor:
(1) information identifying the location and
providing a general description of all water and wastewater
facilities that qualify for critical load status; and
(2) emergency contact information for the affected
utility, including:
(A) the person who will serve as a point of
contact and the person's telephone number;
(B) the person who will serve as an alternative
point of contact and the person's telephone number; and
(C) the affected utility's mailing address.
(d) An affected utility shall:
(1) annually submit the information required by
Subsection (c) to each electric utility that provides transmission
and distribution service to the affected utility and to each retail
electric provider that sells electric power to the affected
utility; and
(2) immediately update the information provided under
Subsection (c) as changes to the information occur.
(e) Each [Not later than February 1 of each year, the county
judge of each county that receives the information required by
Subsections (c) and (d) shall:
[(1) submit the information for each affected utility
to each retail electric provider that sells electric power to an
affected utility and each electric utility that provides
transmission and distribution service to an affected utility; and
[(2) in cooperation with the] affected utility shall
[,] submit annually to each electric utility that provides
transmission and distribution service to the affected utility and
to each retail electric provider that sells electric power to the
affected utility [for each affected utility] any forms reasonably
required by an electric utility or retail electric provider for
determining critical load status, including a critical care
eligibility determination form or similar form.
(g) If an electric utility determines that an affected
utility's facilities do not qualify for critical load status, the
electric utility and the retail electric provider, not later than
the 30th day after the date the electric utility or retail electric
provider receives the information required by Subsections (c) and
(d), shall provide a detailed explanation of the electric utility's
determination to the affected utility and the office of emergency
management of each county in which the affected utility's
facilities are located [each county judge that submitted the
information].
SECTION 2. Section 13.1396(a)(2), Water Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.
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