Tex. Utilities Code § 53.358
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§ 53.358. COMMISSION REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTION.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall review a proposed action filed under this subchapter if:
(1) the commission receives, not later than the 45th day after the date the first notice is provided under Section 53.356, complaints relating to the proposed action:
(A) signed by at least five percent of the affected local service customers; or
(B) from an affected intrastate access customer, or group of affected intrastate access customers, that in the preceding 12 months accounted for more than 10 percent of the cooperative's total intrastate access revenues;
(2) the cooperative does not comply with the procedural requirements of this subchapter; or
(3) the proposed action is inconsistent with the commission's substantive policies as expressed in its rules.
(b) If the commission conducts a review of the proposed action under this section before the action's effective date, the commission may suspend the proposed action during the review.
(1) the commission receives, not later than the 45th day after the date the first notice is provided under Section 53.356, complaints relating to the proposed action:
(A) signed by at least five percent of the affected local service customers; or
(B) from an affected intrastate access customer, or group of affected intrastate access customers, that in the preceding 12 months accounted for more than 10 percent of the cooperative's total intrastate access revenues;
(2) the cooperative does not comply with the procedural requirements of this subchapter; or
(3) the proposed action is inconsistent with the commission's substantive policies as expressed in its rules.
(b) If the commission conducts a review of the proposed action under this section before the action's effective date, the commission may suspend the proposed action during the review.
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