Bill Text: TX HB2642 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prioritization for the delivery of electric utility services in an emergency to certain housing facilities operated by municipal housing authorities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB2642 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2642-Introduced.html
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 2642 | |
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| relating to the prioritization for the delivery of electric utility | ||
| services in an emergency to certain housing facilities operated by | ||
| municipal housing authorities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 392.068 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 392.068. PRIORITY FOR DELIVERY OF ELECTRIC UTILITY | ||
| SERVICES IN EMERGENCY. A municipal housing authority, in | ||
| cooperation with the municipality in which the authority is located | ||
| and with any electric utility, municipally owned utility, or | ||
| electric cooperative that provides power to housing facilities | ||
| operated by the authority, shall prioritize in an emergency the | ||
| provision of electric utility services to each housing facility | ||
| that is operated by the authority and that has residents that are | ||
| elderly or disabled individuals. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
