Bill Text: TX HB1166 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1166 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1166-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1166 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1166-Introduced.html
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By: Stephenson | H.B. No. 1166 |
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relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow | ||
certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or | ||
leases. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 75.0022(b), Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) This section applies only to an electric utility located | ||
in: | ||
(1) a county with a population of four million or more; | ||
or | ||
(2) a county with a population of 550,000 or more that | ||
is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date | ||
of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that | ||
date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |