By: Ogden S.B. No. 1177 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the relocation of utilities required for the 1-2 improvement of the state highway system. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 203, Transportation Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Section 203.0935 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 203.0935. AGREEMENT. Upon receipt of written 1-7 notification from the department that relocation of a utility's 1-8 facilities is necessary for an improvement to the state highway 1-9 system, the utility shall enter into an agreement with the 1-10 department that provides for the relocation. If the utility fails 1-11 to enter into an agreement within 90 days of the notification 1-12 provided for in this section, the department may relocate the 1-13 facilities at the sole cost and expense of the utility. The 90 day 1-14 period may be extended by mutual agreement between the department 1-15 and the utility. 1-16 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-22 passage, and it is so enacted.