87R10872 CXP-D     By: Darby H.B. No. 3025       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the membership and meetings of the Public Utility   Commission of Texas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 12.051(a) and (b), Utilities Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission is composed of:                (1)  three commissioners appointed by the governor with   the advice and consent of the senate;                (2)  one commissioner appointed by the governor from a   list of names submitted by the speaker of the house of   representatives and with the advice and consent of the senate; and                (3)  one commissioner appointed by the lieutenant   governor with the advice and consent of the senate.          (b)  An appointment to the commission shall be made without   regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or   national origin of the appointee. The appointments shall be made so   that at least one commissioner is designated to represent each of   the north, south, west, and Houston load zones of the ERCOT power   region. One commissioner may serve without having a designated   zone.          SECTION 2.  Section 12.055, Utilities Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 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. If a commissioner files for nomination or election   to another civil office of this state or of the United States, the   person's office as commissioner immediately becomes vacant, and the   governor or lieutenant governor, as applicable, shall appoint a   successor in accordance with Section 12.051 and, if necessary,   shall designate the zone to be represented by the commissioner in   accordance with Subsection (b) of that section.          SECTION 3.  Section 12.058, Utilities Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 12.058.  MEETINGS. The commission shall hold meetings   at its office and at other convenient places in this state on the   first and third Thursday of every month [as expedient and   necessary] for the proper performance of the commission's duties.          SECTION 4.  (a)  The governor and the lieutenant governor   each shall promptly appoint a commissioner to the Public Utility   Commission of Texas in accordance with Sections 12.051(a)(2) and   (3), Utilities Code, as added by this Act. The term of the   commissioner appointed by the lieutenant governor expires   September 1, 2025, and the term of the commissioner appointed by the   governor expires September 1, 2027. The appointments made under   this section must designate the appointed commissioner as   representing a zone described by Section 12.051(b), Utilities Code,   as amended by this Act.          (b)  Following the appointments made under Subsection (a) of   this section, the governor shall designate two of the other three   commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas as a   commissioner representing one of the zones described by Section   12.051(b), Utilities Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.