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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring an electric utility to notify certain |
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landowners of its application for a certificate of convenience and |
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necessity for a proposed transmission line facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.053, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) On the date the applicant files an application for a |
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certificate for a proposed transmission line facility, the |
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applicant shall mail notice of the application to all landowners, |
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as stated on the current county tax roll, whose land: |
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(1) would become subject to an easement or other |
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property interest if the application is granted; |
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(2) contains a habitable structure that would be |
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within 300 feet of the centerline of a transmission project of 230 |
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kilovolts or less; |
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(3) contains a habitable structure that would be |
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within 500 feet of the centerline of a transmission project of more |
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than 230 kilovolts; or |
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(4) is in a residential subdivision that contains one |
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or more lots described by Subdivision (2) or (3). |
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(f) In this section, "residential subdivision" means a |
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subdivision: |
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(1) for which a plat is recorded in the county real |
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property records; and |
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(2) in which the majority of lots are subject to deed |
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restrictions limiting the lots to residential use. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity filed |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. An application filed |
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before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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application was filed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |