85R8304 JXC-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1493
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for the construction of a natural gas
pipeline in a municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 121, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 121.105 to read as follows:
Sec. 121.105. HEARING BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE. A
person seeking to construct a pipeline to which this chapter
applies that is planned to be placed in the corporate boundaries or
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not begin
construction of the pipeline unless the person holds at least one
public meeting in the municipality on the proposed construction.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
the construction of a pipeline that begins on or after the effective
date of this Act. Construction that begins before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before
that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.