CS/CS/SB 324 (2016) -  Utility Projects

General Bill by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities and Finance and Tax and Legg (CO-SPONSORS) Simpson
Utility Projects: Creating the "Utility Cost Containment Bond Act"; authorizing certain local governmental entities to finance the costs of a utility project by issuing utility cost containment bonds upon application by a local agency; authorizing an authority to issue utility cost containment bonds for specified purposes related to utility projects; requiring the local agency or its publicly owned utility to collect the utility project charge, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2016
Last Event: 03/09/16 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 347 (Ch. 2016-124) -SJ 908 on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 5:43 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
    • On agenda for: 01/12/16 2:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Finance and Tax
    • On agenda for: 02/08/16 4:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
    • On agenda for: 02/23/16 1:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 1
  • Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 03/01/16 10:00 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 19   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 347 Subject: Utility Projects Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
    • D 780764 , Soto Date Filed: 03/04/16, Line#: 0 Senate: Not Considered 3/9/2016 5:43:33 PM
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 365134 , Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, Hutson Date Filed: 02/23/16, Line#: 309 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/23/2016 03:14 PM
    • A 494824 , Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, Hutson Date Filed: 02/23/16, Line#: 566 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/23/2016 03:14 PM
    • A 365134 , Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, Hutson Date Filed: 02/23/16, Line#: 309 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/23/2016 03:14 PM
    • A 494824 , Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, Hutson Date Filed: 02/23/16, Line#: 566 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/23/2016 03:14 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 821108 , Finance and Tax, Soto Date Filed: 02/08/16, Line#: 73 Senate(c): Withdrawn 02/09/2016 09:00 AM
    • A 806856 , Finance and Tax, Simpson Date Filed: 02/05/16, Line#: 556 Senate(c): Replaced by Substitute Amendment 02/09/2016 09:00 AM
    • SA 737306 , Finance and Tax, Simpson Date Filed: 02/08/16, Line#: 73 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/09/2016 09:00 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 3/2/2016 10:37:39 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 2/28/2016 10:55:25 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities 2/24/2016 12:33:44 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities 2/22/2016 2:43:10 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Finance and Tax 2/10/2016 11:08:00 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Finance and Tax 2/5/2016 9:34:51 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities 1/14/2016 9:55:27 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities 2/22/2016 2:19:25 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 347 (Ch. 2016-124) -SJ 908 Time: 03/09/2016 - 5:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Substituted CS/HB 347 -SJ 908 Time: 03/09/2016 - 5:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 908 Time: 03/09/2016 - 5:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/08/2016 - 5:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/07/2016 - 5:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/07/16 Time: 03/03/2016 - 6:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 563 Time: 03/02/2016 - 12:26 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 563 Time: 03/01/2016 - 3:39 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/01/16, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/25/2016 - 10:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities read 1st time -SJ 494 Time: 02/24/2016 - 8:30 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: c2
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 494 Time: 02/24/2016 - 1:45 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/24/2016 - 12:52 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 494 Time: 02/23/2016 - 3:05 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 02/23/16, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 02/18/2016 - 4:29 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: c1
Event: S CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time -SJ 346 Time: 02/10/2016 - 9:51 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S Now in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Time: 02/10/2016 - 12:44 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Appropriations -SJ 349 Time: 02/10/2016 - 12:44 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/10/2016 - 11:39 AM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 344 Time: 02/08/2016 - 5:43 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 02/08/16, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 02/03/2016 - 4:26 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: __
Event: S Now in Finance and Tax -SJ 125 Time: 01/12/2016 - 2:52 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 125 Time: 01/12/2016 - 2:26 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 26 Time: 01/12/2016 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 01/12/16, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 01/07/2016 - 2:55 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: __
Event: S Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 26 Time: 10/06/2015 - 2:10 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 09/18/2015 - 2:08 PM Member: Committee: Version: __