Bill Text: TX HB1493 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for the construction of a natural gas pipeline in a municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB1493 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1493-Introduced.html
85R8304 JXC-D | ||
By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 1493 |
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relating to requirements for the construction of a natural gas | ||
pipeline in a municipality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 121, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 121.105 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 121.105. HEARING BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE. A | ||
person seeking to construct a pipeline to which this chapter | ||
applies that is planned to be placed in the corporate boundaries or | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not begin | ||
construction of the pipeline unless the person holds at least one | ||
public meeting in the municipality on the proposed construction. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
the construction of a pipeline that begins on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. Construction that begins before the effective | ||
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before | ||
that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |