89R1457 ANG-D
By: Craddick H.B. No. 206
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limitations on a county's authority to require a cash
bond before approving the construction of a pipeline.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 240.911 to read as follows:
Sec. 240.911. BOND FOR PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION. (a) A county
may not require a cash bond as a condition of approval for the
construction of a pipeline in the county's boundaries unless the
county grants the person proposing the construction of the pipeline
the right to approve or deny the use of the bond proceeds.
(b) If a person denies the use of the bond proceeds under
Subsection (a), the person is entitled to a full refund of the cash
bond.
SECTION 2. Section 240.911, Local Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an application for approval to
construct a pipeline filed with a county on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.