Bill Text: TX SB1076 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective immediately [SB1076 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1076-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1076 | ||
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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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1076 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1076 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
