Bill Text: TX HB1842 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that operators of wind power facilities post signs with certain identifying information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1842 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1842-Introduced.html
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By: Lozano | H.B. No. 1842 |
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relating to a requirement that operators of wind power facilities | ||
post signs with certain identifying information. | ||
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. WIND POWER FACILITY SIGNS | ||
Sec. 302.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Public Utility Commission | ||
of Texas. | ||
(2) "Wind power facility" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 301.0001. | ||
Sec. 302.0102. POWER TO REGULATE. (a) The commission may | ||
regulate a wind power facility as necessary to carry out the | ||
commission's duties under this chapter. | ||
(b) The commission may enforce the provisions of this | ||
chapter in the manner provided by Chapter 15 for the administrative | ||
enforcement of Title 2. | ||
Sec. 302.0103. IDENTIFYING SIGNS REQUIRED FOR WIND POWER | ||
FACILITIES. An operator of a wind power facility shall post at each | ||
entrance to the facility a sign that: | ||
(1) includes: | ||
(A) the name of the facility; | ||
(B) the name of the owner of the facility; | ||
(C) the name, business address, and phone number | ||
of the operator of the facility; | ||
(D) the number of acres in the lot on which the | ||
facility is located; | ||
(E) the county in which the sign is located; and | ||
(F) emergency contact information; | ||
(2) uses contrasting colors with block letters at | ||
least one inch in height; and | ||
(3) is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly | ||
visible to the public. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |