By: Stephenson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 1166
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 21, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow
certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or
leases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 75.0022(b), Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) This section applies only to an electric utility located
in:
(1) a county with a population of four million or more;
or
(2) a county with a population of 550,000 or more that
is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
date, 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, 2017.
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