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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of a public right-of-way by a telephone or |
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telegraph corporation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 181, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 181.090 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 181.090. RELOCATION OF LINES FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. |
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(a) The Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court |
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of a county may require a telephone or telegraph corporation to |
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relocate, at the corporation's expense, a line of the corporation |
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to allow for: |
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(1) widening a right-of-way; |
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(2) changing a traffic lane; |
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(3) improving a road bed; or |
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(4) improving a drainage ditch located on a |
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right-of-way. |
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(b) The authority of the Texas Transportation Commission |
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under this section is limited to a line of a telephone or telegraph |
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corporation that is located on a state highway and not in the |
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corporate limits of a municipality. |
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(c) The authority of a commissioners court of a county under |
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this section is limited to a line of a telephone or telegraph |
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corporation that is located on a county road and not in the |
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corporate limits of a municipality. |
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SECTION 2. Section 181.090, Utilities Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a project to widen a right-of-way, change |
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a traffic lane, improve a road bed, or improve a drainage ditch on a |
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right-of-way that is begun on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |