| 1 | 1 | | 88R8930 DIO-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Geren H.B. No. 2669 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public |
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| 8 | 8 | | convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 37.057, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 37.057. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION FOR NEW TRANSMISSION |
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| 13 | 13 | | FACILITY. The commission must approve or deny an application for a |
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| 14 | 14 | | certificate for a new transmission facility not later than the |
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| 15 | 15 | | 180th day after [the first anniversary of] the date the application |
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| 16 | 16 | | is filed. If the commission does not approve or deny the |
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| 17 | 17 | | application on or before that date, a party may seek a writ of |
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| 18 | 18 | | mandamus in a district court of Travis County to compel the |
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| 19 | 19 | | commission to decide on the application. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 21 | 21 | | a proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and |
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| 22 | 22 | | necessity that commences on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 23 | 23 | | A proceeding affecting a certificate of public convenience and |
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| 24 | 24 | | necessity that commenced before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 25 | 25 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding is |
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| 26 | 26 | | commenced, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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