Bill Text: TX HB2128 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a surcharge on certain telecommunications services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2128 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2128-Introduced.html
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| By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 2128 | |
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| relating to a surcharge on certain telecommunications services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 56.0225 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 56.0225. FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND SURCHARGE. (a) Each | ||
| telecommunications provider that pays the uniform charge under | ||
| Section 56.022 shall pay a surcharge of 10 cents per month for each | ||
| customer the telecommunications provider bills for the uniform | ||
| charge. | ||
| (b) A telecommunications provider shall pay the surcharge | ||
| in accordance with procedures approved by the commission. | ||
| (c) The commission shall ensure that revenue from the | ||
| surcharge is remitted to the comptroller for deposit to the credit | ||
| of the foundation school fund. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall | ||
| adopt any rules necessary to implement Section 56.0225, Utilities | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, as soon as possible after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. A telecommunications provider to which Section | ||
| 56.0225, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, applies is not | ||
| required to pay the surcharge required by that section until | ||
| required by a rule of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
