Tex. Utilities Code § 182.202
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 182.202, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 182.202. BURNED VETERANS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Official statutory text
(a) The board of directors of an electric cooperative or the governing body of a municipally owned utility may establish a bill payment assistance program for a customer who is a military veteran who a medical doctor certifies has a significantly decreased ability to regulate the individual's body temperature because of severe burns received in combat.
(b) The costs of a bill payment assistance program established under Subsection (a) are considered a necessary operations expense.
(c) The board of directors of an electric cooperative or the governing body of a municipally owned utility may determine the method to fund a bill payment assistance program established under Subsection (a).
(b) The costs of a bill payment assistance program established under Subsection (a) are considered a necessary operations expense.
(c) The board of directors of an electric cooperative or the governing body of a municipally owned utility may determine the method to fund a bill payment assistance program established under Subsection (a).
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