Amend HB 1600 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the article accordingly:
SECTION 1.____. Section 37.053, Utilities Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c) The commission may require the applicant to designate not more than three proposed routes for a proposed transmission line facility but may not require the applicant to designate a preferred route for the [a] proposed [transmission line] facility.
(c-1) If the commission requires an applicant to designate one or more proposed routes under Subsection (c), the commission must require the applicant to:
(1) designate each route on a map that was created or updated not later than six months before the date the applicant submits the application to the commission; and
(2) send notice of a proposed route to:
(A) the state representative and state senator of each district in which the proposed route is located;
(B) the county judge of each county in which the proposed route is located; and
(C) the mayor of each municipality in which the proposed route is located.
SECTION 1.____. (a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall adopt or revise rules under Section 37.053, Utilities Code, as amended by this article, not later than June 1, 2014.
(b) The change in law made by this article to Section 37.053, Utilities Code, applies only to an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity that is filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a certificate of convenience and necessity that was filed with the commission before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.