Tex. Util. Code § 53.356 · Subchapter H. PARTIAL DEREGULATION AVAILABLE TO CERTAIN COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS
NOTICE TO AFFECTED PERSONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The cooperative shall provide to each affected customer or party, including a municipality, at least two notices of the proposed action by bill insert or by individual notice.
(b) The cooperative shall provide:
(1) the first notice not later than the 61st day before the effective date of the proposed action; and
(2) the last notice not later than the 31st day before the effective date of the proposed action.
(c) A notice prescribed by this section must include:
(1) a description of the services affected by the proposed action;
(2) the effective date of the proposed action;
(3) an explanation of the customer's right to:
(A) obtain a copy of the proposed tariff from the cooperative; and
(B) petition the commission for a review under Section 53.358;
(4) a statement of the amount by which the cooperative's total gross annual revenues will increase or decrease and a statement explaining the effect on the cooperative revenues as a result of the proposed action; and
(5) a list of rates that are affected by the proposed rate action, showing the effect of the proposed action on each of those rates.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.53.htm
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- Tex. Util. Code § 53.354PROCEDURE TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES OR MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES.Printed as Section 53.356
- Tex. Util. Code § 53.355STATEMENT OF INTENT.Printed as Section 53.356
- Tex. Util. Code § 53.357FILING OF AFFIDAVITS VERIFYING NOTICE.Printed as Section 53.356
- Tex. Util. Code § 53.358COMMISSION REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTION.Printed as Section 53.356
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