Bill Text: TX HB2669 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2669 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2669-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2669 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2669-Introduced.html
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By: Geren | H.B. No. 2669 |
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relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public | ||
convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.057, Utilities Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.057. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION FOR NEW TRANSMISSION | ||
FACILITY. The commission must approve or deny an application for a | ||
certificate for a new transmission facility not later than the | ||
180th day after [ |
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is filed. If the commission does not approve or deny the | ||
application on or before that date, a party may seek a writ of | ||
mandamus in a district court of Travis County to compel the | ||
commission to decide on the application. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and | ||
necessity that commences on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
A proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and | ||
necessity that commenced before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding is | ||
commenced, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |