81R4205 TJS-F
 
  By: Jackson, Mike S.B. No. 1749
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a gas corporation to use a public
  right-of-way.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 181.005, Utilities Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 181.005.  AUTHORITY TO LAY AND MAINTAIN LINES.  A gas
  corporation has the right to lay and maintain lines over, under, and
  across a public road, a railroad, railroad right-of-way, an
  interurban railroad, a street railroad, a canal or stream, or a
  municipal street or alley.
         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.