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.