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               AN ACT
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            relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain  | 
         
         
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            subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial  | 
         
         
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            jurisdiction. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 212.012(c), Local Government Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (c)  An entity described by Subsection (b) may serve or  | 
         
         
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            connect land with water, sewer, electricity, gas, or other utility  | 
         
         
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            service regardless of whether the entity is presented with or  | 
         
         
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            otherwise holds a certificate applicable to the land issued under  | 
         
         
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            Section 212.0115 if: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  the land is covered by a development plat approved  | 
         
         
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            under Subchapter B or under an ordinance or rule relating to the  | 
         
         
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            development plat; | 
         
         
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                         (2)  the land was first served or connected with  | 
         
         
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            service by an entity described by Subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or  | 
         
         
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            (b)(3) before September 1, 1987; [or] | 
         
         
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                         (3)  the land was first served or connected with  | 
         
         
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            service by an entity described by Subsection (b)(4), (b)(5), or  | 
         
         
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            (b)(6) before September 1, 1989; or | 
         
         
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                         (4)  the land was removed from a municipality's  | 
         
         
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            extraterritorial jurisdiction under Subchapter D or E, Chapter 42,  | 
         
         
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            and the entity holds a certificate of convenience and necessity to  | 
         
         
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            serve the land. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
         
         
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            a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
         
         
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            provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
         
         
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            Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
         
         
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            Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | 
         
         
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            ______________________________ | 
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1566 passed the Senate on  | 
         
         
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            April 10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0;  | 
         
         
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            May 28, 2025, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and  | 
         
         
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            requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 29, 2025, House  | 
         
         
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            granted request of the Senate; May 31, 2025, Senate adopted  | 
         
         
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            Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 31,  | 
         
         
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            Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            ______________________________ | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1566 passed the House, with  | 
         
         
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            amendments, on May 22, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 138,  | 
         
         
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            Nays 1, three present not voting; May 29, 2025, House granted  | 
         
         
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            request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;  | 
         
         
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            May 31, 2025, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the  | 
         
         
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            following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 0, three present not voting. | 
         
         
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            ______________________________ | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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            Approved: | 
         
         
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                      Governor |