By Hilderbran                                         H.B. No. 3245
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the duties of a municipally owned electric utility when
 1-3     operating outside the municipality.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 37.001(2), Utilities Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7                 (2)  "Electric utility" includes:
 1-8                       (A)  an electric cooperative; and
 1-9                       (B)  a municipally owned utility when the utility
1-10     is operating outside the municipality.
1-11           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect July 1, 2001, if it
1-12     receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
1-13     house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
1-14     If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that
1-15     date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-16           (b)  This Act applies only to service to or construction in
1-17     an area that had not begun before the effective date of this Act.
1-18     Construction to or service in an area that began before the
1-19     effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
1-20     date the construction or service began, and that law is continued
1-21     in effect for that purpose.