By Hilderbran H.B. No. 3245 77R7443 CBH-F 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.