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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 117.004: ENFORCEMENT BY PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS.

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  1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES
  3. SUBTITLE C. BUSINESS OPERATIONS
  4. CHAPTER 117. PROHIBITION ON AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES IN CONNECTION WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

(a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas may impose an administrative penalty in the manner provided by Chapter 15, Utilities Code, on a business entity that is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission under Title 2, Utilities Code, for a violation of this chapter in which the business entity enters into an agreement granting a company access to or control of the business entity's critical electric grid equipment or critical infrastructure.

(b) The penalty for a violation described by Subsection (a) may be in an amount not to exceed $1 million for each violation.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1020 (S.B. 2368), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:56Z. Source file · JSON

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