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3 Document(s) [ Subject: Public Utility Counsel, Office of ]
Committee: | House State Affairs | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report to the Texas House of Representatives, 77th Legislature / Committee on State Affairs. | |
Subjects: | Aircraft Pooling Board | Broadband infrastructure | e-commerce | Ethics Commission, Texas | General Services Commission, Texas | Human Rights, Texas Commission on | Incentive and Productivity Commission, Texas | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Internet | Lobbyists | Privacy | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | Revolving door policies | Social Security numbers | Telephone deregulation | Telephone service | Television stations | Veterans Commission, Texas | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.76 st29h | |
Session: | 76th R.S. (1999) | |
Online version: | View report [250 pages File size: 1,105 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study the authority of state and local governments to require cable television companies to provide access to competitors and to affect the rates, terms and conditions under which access is provided. Consider the speed of change in the telecommunications industry and the implications of the state assuming new regulatory responsibilities in this industry, including the question of whether any or all providers of broadband service should be required to provide access to competitors. | |
2. | Review the current state of privacy laws in Texas as they relate to businesses' or government's ability to disseminate personal information without prior written permission. | |
3. | Study the nature and extent of lobby influence on the legislative process. | |
4. | Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, including monitoring the implementation of SB 560, 76th R.S., and changes in telecommunications markets resulting from the legislation. | |
Committee: | Joint Public Utility Commission, Interim | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Texas alternatives: Competitive and regulatory options in telecommunications and electric power : a roadmap for meeting new challenges : a report to the 74th Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Electric utilities | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | State taxes | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.73 t235 | |
Session: | 73rd R.S. (1993) | |
Online version: | View report [100 pages File size: 8,945 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study and make recommendation regarding tax issues, including tax credits, consolidated returns, affiliates, and disallowances for all utilities except for gas utilities. | |
2. | Study and make recommendations regarding the structure and organization of the Public Utility Commission and the Office of Public Utility Counsel. | |
3. | Study and make recommendations regarding proceedings before the Public Utility Commission. | |
4. | Study and make recommendations regarding any other changes to the PUC Act that the committee determines are needed. | |
Committee: | Joint Telecommunications, Interim | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Texas alternatives : competitive and regulatory options in telecommunications and electric power : a roadmap for meeting new challenges : a report to the 74th Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Electric utility deregulation | Energy policy | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | Public Utility Regulatory Act | Telephone deregulation | Telephone service | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.73 t235 | |
Session: | 73rd R.S. (1993) | |
Online version: | View report [100 pages File size: 8,945 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study and develop a long term telecommunications policy that promotes technological innovation, economic competitiveness, customer service and universal service while protecting consumers of monopoly services. | |
2. | Study and make recommendations for the appropriate regulatory framework to promote the state's telecommunications policy, including any necessary statutory changes to achieve that framework. | |
3. | Study and make recommendations for changes to the Public Utility Regulatory Act to implement the state's telecommunications policy. | |
4. | Study and make recommendations for any other legislative changes needed to achieve the state's telecommunications goals. |
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