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  89R8236 CXP-D     By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1435       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to notice provided to certain state and local officials   regarding an appeal of a municipal order filed by a transmission and   distribution utility in a ratemaking proceeding.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 33, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.0535 to read as follows:           Sec.   33.0535.     NOTICE OF APPEAL BY TRANSMISSION AND   DISTRIBUTION UTILITY. On receiving a petition under Section 33.053   filed by a transmission and distribution utility, the commission   shall provide notice of the appeal to:                 (1)     each member of the legislature whose district   includes territory in the municipality that is the subject of the   appeal; and                 (2)     the governing bodies of the municipality that is   the subject of the appeal and the county in which that municipality   is located.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an appeal of a rate proceeding that is filed on or after the   effective date of this Act. An appeal of a rate proceeding that is   filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law   in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and   that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.