Texas Utilities Code - Section 101.052. Office Powers And Duties
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§ 101.052. OFFICE POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The office:
(1) may appear or intervene as a party or otherwise
represent residential consumers, as a class, in appeals to the
railroad commission only at the written request of an affected
municipality's governing body;
(2) may initiate or intervene as a matter of right or
otherwise appear in a judicial proceeding that involves an action
taken by the railroad commission in a proceeding in which the office
was a party;
(3) is entitled to the same access as a party, other
than railroad commission staff, to records gathered by the railroad
commission under Section 102.203;
(4) is entitled to discovery of any nonprivileged
matter that is relevant to the subject matter of a proceeding or
petition before the railroad commission;
(5) may represent an individual residential consumer
with respect to the consumer's disputed complaint concerning
utility services that is unresolved before the railroad commission;
and
(6) may recommend legislation to the legislature that
the office determines would positively affect the interests of
residential consumers.
(b) The office may represent only as a class the residential
consumers of a municipality that makes a request under Subsection
(a)(1).
(c) This section does not limit the authority of the
railroad commission to represent residential consumers.
(d) The appearance of the counsellor in a proceeding does
not preclude the appearance of other parties on behalf of
residential consumers. The counsellor may not be grouped with any
other party.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 101.003 101.004 101.005 101.006 101.007 101.008 101.051 101.052 101.053 101.054 102.001 102.002 102.003 102.004 102.005
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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