Bill Text: TX SB1593 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for amending or revoking certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to certain retail public utilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB1593 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1593-Introduced.html

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88R561 CXP-F
By: LaMantia S.B. No. 1593

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure for amending or revoking certificates of
public convenience and necessity issued to certain retail public
utilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.2541, Water Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) On the day a petitioner submits a petition to the
utility commission under this section, the petitioner shall send,
via certified mail, a copy of the petition to the certificate
holder, who may submit information to the utility commission to
controvert information submitted by the petitioner.
SECTION 2. Section 13.255, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) On the day a municipality submits an application for
single certification to the utility commission under this section,
the municipality shall send, via certified mail or hand-delivery, a
copy of the application to the retail public utility.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.