Bill Text: TX SB1129 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to franchises granted by navigation districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1129-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1129 | ||
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| relating to franchises granted by navigation districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 61.164(b) and (d), Water Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) No franchise shall be granted for longer than 50 [ |
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| years nor shall a franchise be granted except on the affirmative | ||
| vote of a majority of the commissioners at three separate meetings | ||
| of the commission which meetings may not be closer together than one | ||
| week. The third meeting at which the commission votes to grant a | ||
| franchise may not take place before the date the notice required by | ||
| Subsection (c) is published for the third time. | ||
| (d) The franchise shall require the grantee to file a [ |
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| finally approved by the commission. Unless the district and the | ||
| grantee agree on a later date, the effective date of the franchise | ||
| is the date the grantee files the written acceptance with the | ||
| commission. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 63.178, Water Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A franchise may be granted for a period of not more than | ||
| 50 [ |
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| (c) Before the franchise is granted, the commission must | ||
| approve the franchise by a majority vote at three separate meetings | ||
| held at least one week apart and must publish notice. The third | ||
| meeting at which the commission votes to grant a franchise may not | ||
| take place before the date the notice required by this subsection is | ||
| published for the third time. | ||
| (c-1) For the purposes of Subsection (c) [ |
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| notice must be published at the expense of the applicant, once a | ||
| week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the | ||
| district. The notice must consist of: | ||
| (1) the text of the franchise in full; or | ||
| (2) a descriptive caption stating the purpose of the | ||
| franchise and the location at which a complete copy of the franchise | ||
| may be obtained. | ||
| (d) The franchise shall require the grantee to file a [ |
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| written acceptance within 30 days from the day the franchise is | ||
| finally approved by the commission. Unless the district and the | ||
| grantee agree on a later date, the effective date of the franchise | ||
| is the date the grantee files the written acceptance with the | ||
| commission. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1129 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1129 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, | ||
| Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
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| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
