87R11297 BRG-D
By: Vasut H.B. No. 4336
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements by certain electric utilities on placement
of ground level electric transformers on residential properties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 181, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 181.049 to read as follows:
Sec. 181.049. PLACEMENT OF ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS ON
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. Unless permitted by a municipality in
which a residential property is located, a transmission and
distribution utility, as that term is defined by Section 31.002,
may not require placement of a ground level electric transformer on
the portion of the residential property that is adjacent to a public
street.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.