Bill Text: TX HB1210 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the construction of a meteorological tower near a federally owned or operated radar installation or military installation; providing an administrative penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1210 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1210-Introduced.html
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| By: Frank | H.B. No. 1210 | |
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| relating to the construction of a meteorological tower near a | ||
| federally owned or operated radar installation or military | ||
| installation; providing an administrative penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 6, Utilities Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Chapter 302 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 302. METEOROLOGICAL TOWERS | ||
| Sec. 302.0001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "commission" | ||
| means the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | ||
| Sec. 302.0002. NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN | ||
| METEOROLOGICAL TOWERS. (a) This section applies only to a | ||
| meteorological tower that: | ||
| (1) is located: | ||
| (A) on dry land in this state; and | ||
| (B) within 50 nautical miles of the boundaries of | ||
| a federally owned or operated radar installation or military | ||
| installation in this state; | ||
| (2) extends 200 feet or higher above ground level; and | ||
| (3) is constructed for the purpose of conducting a | ||
| wind study to determine if an area is suitable for wind-powered | ||
| electric generation. | ||
| (b) A person constructing a meteorological tower described | ||
| by Subsection (a) shall provide written notice to the commission of | ||
| the construction not later than the date that construction begins | ||
| on the tower. | ||
| (c) The notice required under Subsection (b) must include: | ||
| (1) the name of the person constructing the | ||
| meteorological tower; | ||
| (2) the location of the tower; and | ||
| (3) the name and location of each federally owned or | ||
| operated radar installation or military installation in this state | ||
| whose boundaries are within 50 nautical miles of the tower. | ||
| (d) Not later than 30 days after the date the commission | ||
| receives notice of the construction of a meteorological tower under | ||
| Subsection (b), the commission shall provide a copy of the notice | ||
| to: | ||
| (1) a federally owned or operated radar installation | ||
| or military installation in this state whose boundaries are within | ||
| 50 nautical miles of the tower; | ||
| (2) the county judge of each county in this state that | ||
| contains a radar or military installation described by Subdivision | ||
| (1); and | ||
| (3) the county judge of each county in this state that | ||
| borders a county described by Subdivision (2). | ||
| (e) The commission and attorney general may enforce the | ||
| provisions of this section and rules adopted under this section in | ||
| the manner authorized for the judicial or administrative | ||
| enforcement of a provision of Title 2 by Subchapter B, Chapter 15, | ||
| including by imposing administrative penalties. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a person who begins | ||
| construction of a meteorological tower on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. A person who begins construction of a | ||
| meteorological tower before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date construction began, and | ||
| that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
