Tex. Util. Code § 182.202 · Subchapter D. BILL PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR BURNED VETERANS
BURNED VETERANS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board of directors of an electric cooperative or the governing body of a municipally owned utility may establish a bill payment assistance program for a customer who is a military veteran who a medical doctor certifies has a significantly decreased ability to regulate the individual's body temperature because of severe burns received in combat.
(b) The costs of a bill payment assistance program established under Subsection (a) are considered a necessary operations expense.
(c) The board of directors of an electric cooperative or the governing body of a municipally owned utility may determine the method to fund a bill payment assistance program established under Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (S.B. 981), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.182.htm
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