Bill Text: TX HB3141 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of municipal notices by utility bill and mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-02 - Left pending in committee [HB3141 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3141-Introduced.html
| 85R11535 SCL-D | ||
| By: Burkett | H.B. No. 3141 | |
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| relating to the provision of municipal notices by utility bill and | ||
| mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2051, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2051.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2051.054. NOTICE OF MUNICIPALITY BY UTILITY BILL AND | ||
| MAIL. (a) In this section, "utility" means a person that provides | ||
| to the public gas, electricity, telephone, wastewater, or water | ||
| service. | ||
| (b) A municipality may satisfy a requirement in any other | ||
| law to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by: | ||
| (1) contracting with a utility to: | ||
| (A) include a copy of the notice in the utility | ||
| bill that is received by each utility customer; and | ||
| (B) provide the municipality with a list of | ||
| utility customers that includes the address of each customer; and | ||
| (2) mailing the notice to municipal residents who do | ||
| not receive a utility bill. | ||
| (c) A municipality or utility providing notice under this | ||
| section shall ensure that the notice is received at least one day | ||
| before the date of the event for which the notice is provided. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
