Bill Text: TX HB1282 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a restriction on the regulation of utility services and infrastructure based on the energy source to be used or delivered.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1282 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1282-Introduced.html
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| By: Deshotel | H.B. No. 1282 | |
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| relating to a restriction on the regulation of utility services and | ||
| infrastructure based on the energy source to be used or delivered. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 181, Utilities Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 181.903 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 181.903. RESTRICTION ON REGULATION OF UTILITY SERVICES | ||
| AND INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Regulatory authority" has the meanings assigned | ||
| by Sections 11.003 and 101.003. | ||
| (2) "Utility" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 181.901. | ||
| (b) No regulatory authority, planning authority, or | ||
| political subdivision of this state may adopt or enforce an | ||
| ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, order, policy, or other | ||
| measure that has the purpose, intent, or effect of directly or | ||
| indirectly banning, limiting, restricting, discriminating against, | ||
| or prohibiting the connection or reconnection of a utility service | ||
| or the construction, maintenance, or installation of residential, | ||
| commercial, or other public or private infrastructure for a utility | ||
| service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to the | ||
| end-use customer. | ||
| (c) An entity, including a regulatory authority, planning | ||
| authority, political subdivision, or utility, may not impose any | ||
| additional charge or pricing difference on a development or | ||
| building permit applicant for utility infrastructure that: | ||
| (1) encourages those constructing homes, buildings, | ||
| or other structural improvements to connect to a utility service | ||
| based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to the end-use | ||
| customer; or | ||
| (2) discourages the installation of facilities for the | ||
| delivery of or use of a utility service based on the type or source | ||
| of energy to be delivered to the end-use customer. | ||
| (d) This section does not limit the ability of a regulatory | ||
| authority or political subdivision to choose utility services for | ||
| properties owned by the regulatory authority or political | ||
| subdivision. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2021. | ||
