By: Gattis (Senate Sponsor - Ogden) H.B. No. 3309

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2009; May 6, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; May 21, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3309 By: Eltife

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to consolidation of certain proceedings on an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 37, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Section 37.0541 to read as follows:

Sec. 37.0541. CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. The commission shall consolidate the proceeding on an application to obtain or amend a certificate of convenience and necessity for the construction of a transmission line with the proceeding on another application to obtain or amend a certificate of convenience and necessity for the construction of a transmission line if it is apparent from the applications or a motion to intervene in either proceeding that the transmission lines that are the subject of the separate proceedings share a common point of interconnection. This section does not apply to a proceeding on an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a transmission line to serve a competitive renewable energy zone as part of a plan developed by the commission under Section 39.904(g)(2).

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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