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	Amend CSSB 3 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to Article 2 and renumbering the SECTIONS of the article 
accordingly:
	SECTION 2.____.  Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is 
amended by adding Section 49.2205 to read as follows:
	Sec. 49.2205.  USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS FOR CERTAIN 
ENERGY-RELATED PURPOSES.  (a)  To foster the generation and 
transmission of electricity from clean coal projects, as defined by 
Section 5.001, renewable energy technology projects, and the 
capture and storage of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, a 
district or water supply corporation may allow others to construct, 
maintain, and operate transmission lines and pipelines over, under, 
across, on, or along rights-of-way and easements of the district or 
water supply corporation for transmission of electricity generated 
by those projects and the transportation of carbon dioxide and 
other greenhouse gases, unless the use:
		(1)  is incompatible with the public use for which the 
easement was acquired or condemned; or
		(2)  compromises public health or safety.                              
	(b)  The district or water supply corporation is not required 
to obtain additional consideration for the construction, 
maintenance, and operation of the transmission lines and pipelines 
under this section if the person constructing, maintaining, and 
operating the transmission lines and pipelines bears all costs of 
the construction, maintenance, and operation of the transmission 
lines and pipelines and restoring the property.  The activities 
authorized by this subsection may be exercised only with the 
consent of and subject to the direction of the governing body of the 
district or water supply corporation.
	(c)  A person that is subject to Subsection (a) that acquires 
a right-of-way easement on real property for a public use may 
include in the notice of the acquisition a statement that to foster 
the generation and transmission of electricity from clean coal 
projects as defined by Section 5.001, Water Code, renewable energy 
technology projects, and the capture and storage of carbon dioxide 
and other greenhouse gases, water districts and water supply 
corporations may allow others to construct, maintain, and operate 
transmission lines and pipelines over, under, across, on, or along 
the rights-of-way and easements for the transmission of electricity 
that is generated by those projects and transportation of carbon 
dioxide and other greenhouse gases, unless the use:
		(1)  is incompatible with the public use for which the 
easement was acquired or condemned; or
		(2)  compromises public health or safety.                              
	(d)  This section applies only to a right-of-way or easement 
acquired by the district or water supply corporation on or after 
September 1, 2007.
	(e)  This section does not apply to a right-of-way or 
easement that is used for the transmission of electricity without 
the consent of a person owning the transmission lines if that use 
began before September 1, 2007.