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| 1 | + | 89R1457 ANG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Craddick H.B. No. 206 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | - | relating to | |
| 9 | + | relating to limitations on a county's authority to require a cash | |
| 10 | 10 | bond before approving the construction of a pipeline. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended by adding Section 240.911 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | - | Sec. 240.911. BOND FOR PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION. A county may | |
| 15 | - | not require a cash bond as a condition of approval for the | |
| 16 | - | construction of a pipeline in the county's boundaries. | |
| 14 | + | Sec. 240.911. BOND FOR PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION. (a) A county | |
| 15 | + | may not require a cash bond as a condition of approval for the | |
| 16 | + | construction of a pipeline in the county's boundaries unless the | |
| 17 | + | county grants the person proposing the construction of the pipeline | |
| 18 | + | the right to approve or deny the use of the bond proceeds. | |
| 19 | + | (b) If a person denies the use of the bond proceeds under | |
| 20 | + | Subsection (a), the person is entitled to a full refund of the cash | |
| 21 | + | bond. | |
| 17 | 22 | SECTION 2. Section 240.911, Local Government Code, as added | |
| 18 | 23 | by this Act, applies only to an application for approval to | |
| 19 | 24 | construct a pipeline filed with a county on or after the effective | |
| 20 | 25 | date of this Act. | |
| 21 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |