2025S0181-1 03/06/25
By: Patterson H.B. No. 4272
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the relocation or adjustment of certain facilities for
certain municipal projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.203(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The governing body of a municipality may require a
certificated telecommunications utility to relocate the utility's
facility in a municipal public right-of-way at the municipality's
[utility's] expense from their collected right-of-way fees as
described by Section 283.051, Local Government Code, to permit the
widening or straightening of a street by:
(1) giving the utility notice at least 30 days before
the date relocation is required [30 days' notice]; and
(2) specifying the new location for the facility along
the right-of-way of the street.
SECTION 2. Section 66.011, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) A municipality may require a holder of a state-issued
certificate of franchise authority to relocate the holder's
facility in a municipal public right-of-way at the municipality's
expense to permit the widening or straightening of a street or to
accommodate another municipal project by:
(1) giving the holder notice at least 30 days before
the date relocation is required; and
(2) specifying the new location for the facility along
the right-of-way.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.