(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, lines 14-15), and substitute "SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Chapter 44 to read as follows:".

(2) In SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill, renumber Chapter 252, Utilities Code, as Chapter 44, Utilities Code, and renumber all sections, expansion clauses, and cross-references accordingly.

(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 252.001, Utilities Code (page 1, lines 19-20), and renumber sections, expansion clauses, and cross-references accordingly.

(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 252.002(1), Utilities Code (page 1, lines 24-25), strike "the construction or expansion is estimated to cost at least $10,000" and substitute "the construction or expansion includes a meteorological tower or a structure that will extend 200 feet or higher above ground level".

(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 252.101(a), Utilities Code (page 1, line 56), between "expansion" and the period, insert "not later than the 120th day before the date the construction or expansion begins".

(6) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 252.101(a), Utilities Code (page 1, lines 56-58), strike "The commission shall set a deadline by which the notification required by this section must be provided.".

(7) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 252.102, Utilities Code (page 2, line 30), strike "and".

(8) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 252.102, Utilities Code (page 2, line 31), strike the period and substitute "; and".

(9) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 252.102, Utilities Code (page 2, between lines 31 and 32), insert the following:

(8) the Energy Siting Clearinghouse of the United States Department of Defense.

(10) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the heading to added Subchapter D, Chapter 252, Utilities Code (page 2, line 43), after "PROCEDURES", insert "AND DELEGATION".

(11) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subchapter D, Chapter 252, Utilities Code (page 2, between lines 49 and 50), insert the following:

Sec. 44.152. DELEGATION. (a) For an area in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power region, the commission may delegate a duty assigned to the commission under this chapter to an independent organization certified under Section 39.151.

(b) For an area in this state outside the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power region, the commission may delegate a duty assigned to the commission under this chapter to an appropriate electric utility that provides electric service to a wind-powered electric generation facility or to the area in which construction of a wind-powered electric generation facility is planned.

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