By: Taylor of Galveston  S.B. No. 1444
         (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and
  Economic Development; April 22, 2015, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 1; April 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow
  certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or
  leases.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 75.0022(b), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
  this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action
  immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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