Bill Text: TX SB1129 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.html
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-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1129 | |
(Herrero) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1129: No. |
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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. |