Texas Utilities Code Title 2, Chapter 12 - Organization Of Commission

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 12.001 - Public Utility Commission Of Texas
  The Public Utility Commission of Texas exercises the jurisdiction and powers conferred by this title. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 12.002 - Office
  (a) The principal office of the commission is in Austin. (b) The office shall be open daily during usual business hours. The office is not...
• Texas Section 12.003 - Seal
  (a) The commission has a seal bearing the inscription: "Public Utility Commission of Texas." (b) The seal shall be affixed to each record and to...
• Texas Section 12.004 - Representation By The Attorney General
  The attorney general shall represent the commission in a matter before a state court, a court of the United States, or a federal public utility...

SUBCHAPTER B COMMISSION APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS

• Texas Section 12.005 - Application Of Sunset Act
  The Public Utility Commission of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter...
• Texas Section 12.051 - Appointment; Term
  (a) The commission is composed of three commissioners appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) An appointment to the...
• Texas Section 12.052 - Presiding Officer
  (a) The governor shall designate a commissioner as the presiding officer. (b) The presiding officer serves in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor....
• Texas Section 12.053 - Membership Qualifications
  (a) To be eligible for appointment, a commissioner must: (1) be a qualified voter; (2) be a citizen of the United States; (3) be a...
• Texas Section 12.054 - Removal Of Commissioner
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the commission if a commissioner: (1) does not have at the time of appointment or maintain during...
• Texas Section 12.055 - Prohibition On Seeking Another Office
  A person may not seek nomination or election to another civil office of this state or of the United States while serving as a commissioner....
• Texas Section 12.056 - Effect Of Vacancy
  A vacancy or disqualification does not prevent the remaining commissioner or commissioners from exercising the powers of the commission. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166,...
• Texas Section 12.057 - Compensation
  The annual salary of the commissioners is determined by the legislature. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
• Texas Section 12.058 - Meetings
  The commission shall hold meetings at its office and at other convenient places in this state as expedient and necessary for the proper performance of...

SUBCHAPTER C COMMISSION PERSONNEL

• Texas Section 12.059 - Training Program For Commissioners
  (a) Before a commissioner may assume the commissioner's duties and before the commissioner may be confirmed by the senate, the commissioner must complete at least...
• Texas Section 12.101 - Commission Employees
  The commission shall employ: (1) an executive director; and (2) officers and other employees the commission considers necessary to administer this title. Acts 1997, 75th...
• Texas Section 12.102 - Duties Of Employees
  The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policymaking responsibilities of the commission and the management responsibilities of the commission employees. Acts...
• Texas Section 12.103 - Duties Of Executive Director
  The executive director is responsible for the daily operations of the commission and shall coordinate the activities of commission employees. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 12.105 - Career Ladder Program; Performance Evaluations; Merit Pay
  (a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for mobility and advancement for commission...

SUBCHAPTER D PROHIBITED RELATIONSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

• Texas Section 12.106 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
  (a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure implementation of a program of equal...
• Texas Section 12.151 - Registered Lobbyist
  A person required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession...
• Texas Section 12.152 - Conflict Of Interest
  (a) A person is not eligible for appointment as a commissioner or executive director of the commission if: (1) the person serves on the board...
• Texas Section 12.153 - Relationship With Trade Association
  A person may not serve as a commissioner or be a commission employee who is employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity,"...
• Texas Section 12.154 - Prohibited Activities
  (a) During the period of service with the commission, a commissioner or commission employee may not: (1) have a pecuniary interest, including an interest as...
• Texas Section 12.155 - Prohibition On Employment Or Representation
  (a) A commissioner, a commission employee, or an employee of the State Office of Administrative Hearings involved in hearing utility cases may not: (1) be...

SUBCHAPTER E PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION AND REPORTS

• Texas Section 12.156 - Qualifications And Standards Of Conduct Information
  The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to commissioners and commission employees as often as necessary information regarding their: (1) qualifications for...
• Texas Section 12.201 - Public Interest Information
  (a) The commission shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the commission and the commission's procedures by which a complaint is filed...
• Texas Section 12.202 - Public Participation
  (a) The commission shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and to speak on...
• Texas Section 12.203 - Biennial Report
  Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall prepare a written report that includes suggestions regarding modification and improvement of the...

SUBCHAPTER F HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES

• Texas Section 12.204 - Internet For Hearings And Meetings
  The commission shall make publicly accessible without charge live Internet video of all public hearings and meetings the commission holds for viewing from the Internet...
• Texas Section 12.251 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "historically underutilized business" has the meaning assigned by Section 481.101, Government Code. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 12.252 - Commission Authority
  The commission, after notice and hearing, may require each utility subject to regulation under this title to make an effort to overcome the underuse of...
• Texas Section 12.253 - Report Required
  The commission shall require each utility subject to regulation under this title to prepare and submit to the commission a comprehensive annual report detailing its...
• Texas Section 12.254 - Discrimination Prohibited
  The rules adopted under this subchapter may not be used to discriminate against a citizen on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, or national...
• Texas Section 12.255 - Cause Of Action Not Created
  This subchapter does not create a public or private cause of action. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Last modified: September 28, 2016