Delay of Bill Payment Date For Elderly Individual

Tex. Utilities Code § 182.002, under Rights of Utility Customers.

Tex. Utilities Code § 182.002

Sec. 182.002. DELAY OF BILL PAYMENT DATE FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL. (a) On request by an elderly individual, a utility shall delay without penalty the payment date of a bill for providing utility service to that individual until the 25th day after the date the bill is issued. (b) This subchapter applies only to an elderly individual who: (1) is a residential customer; and (2) occupies the entire premises for which a delay is requested. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.