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A RESOLUTION
OPPOSING PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 585 OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR
LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD REMOVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION FROM
MUNICIPALITIES IN ELECTRIC RATE CASES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
WHEREAS, the Texas House of Representatives on May 2, 1979 passed
House Bill (H.B.) 585 which would remove original jurisdiction in electric rate
cases from Texas municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the Corpus Christi City Council has previously passed resolu-
tions opposing passage of legislation which would remove original jurisdiction in
electric rate cases from municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the only way for local citizens and consumers to have an
effective input into electric rate matters is for electric utilities to have to
justify their rate requests before City Councils; and
WHEREAS, local governing bodies can exercise meaningful control over
the quality of service provided their communities by electric utilities only if
they have the authority to act on electric rate matters.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Council strongly urges the Texas Senate not to
pass H.B. 585 or any other similar legislation which would remove original
jurisdiction from municipalities in electric rate cases.
SECTION 2. The City Council firmly believes that the only way to
insure quality electric utility service in Texas communities and to provide for
adequate local citizen and consumer input in electric rate matters is for Texas
municipalities to have the option of exercising original jurisdiction in these
matters.
SECTION 3: The City Council reaffirms its position stated in previous
resolutions that a proper function of the Texas Public Utilities Commission is
to consider appeals from the findings of the Commission staff or a decision of a
municipality in an electric rate matters and to provide assistance to municipalities
in considering rate matters when so requested by the municipality.
MICROFILMED
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SECTION 4: The necessity for opposing H.B. 585 or any other similar
legislation which would remove original jurisdiction from municipalities in
electric rate cases as promptly as possible create a public emergency and an
imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that
no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction
but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of
the City Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity
exist, having requested the Charter rule be suspended and that this resolution
be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED,
this the
ATTEST:
day of May, 1979.
y Secretary
ADVED :
Guh. DAY OF MAY, 1979:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
City Attojney
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THE CI +F CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a
public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter
rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on
the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read
at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend
said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it
is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
YOR
THE CIj F CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspend the following vote:
Luther Jones Q/
Edward L. Sample 40!,
Dr. Jack Best 4,
David Diaz 1.
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky 1.
The above ordinance was passe
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
by the following vote:
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