Bill Text: TX HB1603 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to certain powers and duties of the Palo Duro River Authority of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-22 - No action taken in committee [HB1603 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1603-Engrossed.html
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By: Price, King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 1603 |
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relating to certain powers and duties of the Palo Duro River | ||
Authority of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 438, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 1973, is amended by adding Sections 3A, 3B, and 3C | ||
and amending Section 5 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3A. The Authority may: | ||
(1) develop and generate electric energy by means of | ||
renewable energy resources inside the boundaries of the Authority; | ||
and | ||
(2) distribute and sell electric energy to: | ||
(A) an entity that operates in the Electric | ||
Reliability Council of Texas power region; | ||
(B) an entity that operates in the Southwest | ||
Power Pool power region; or | ||
(C) an electric cooperative, as defined by | ||
Section 161.002, Utilities Code, that operates in this state. | ||
Sec. 3B. Section 3A does not require an entity described by | ||
that section to build a new transmission line. Grid | ||
interconnection made for the purposes of Section 3A does not | ||
subject an entity described by that section to the jurisdiction of | ||
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and does not affect the | ||
jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over an | ||
entity over which the commission already has jurisdiction. | ||
Sec. 3C. The Authority may: | ||
(1) lease the hunting rights on property owned by the | ||
Authority; and | ||
(2) develop, manage, or lease property owned by the | ||
Authority for any recreational purpose. | ||
Sec. 5. (a) The Authority may not construct a [ |
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otherwise acquire underground sources of water. | ||
(b) The Authority may sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of | ||
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terms of any deed of trust or other indenture [ |
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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, 2017. |