86R8521 JTS-D By: Kacal H.B. No. 4053 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authorization of the construction of an electric railway on or across a road, street, alley, square, or property of a county or municipality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 131.014(d), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) A corporation described by Section 131.012 may not construct [This section does not authorize the construction of] an electric railway on or across a road, street, alley, square, or property of a county or municipality unless the construction is approved by the governing body of the county or municipality, as applicable [without the consent of the governing body of the municipality]. SECTION 2. 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, 2019.