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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the relocation of a facility of a municipally owned |
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utility required by the improvement of a turnpike or toll project of |
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the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 203, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 203.096 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 203.096. RELOCATION OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED FACILITY. |
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Notwithstanding Section 203.092 or any other law, a municipally |
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owned utility, as defined by Section 11.003, Utilities Code, shall |
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make a relocation of a utility facility at the expense of this state |
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if the relocation is required by the improvement of a turnpike |
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project or toll project. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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relocation of a utility facility for which a utility adjustment |
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agreement is executed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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relocation for which a utility adjustment agreement was executed |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the agreement was executed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |