H.B. No. 931
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to liability of certain electric utilities that contract
  with political subdivisions for 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 75.007(e), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (e)  This section does not affect Section 75.001, 75.002,
  [75.0021,] 75.003, or 75.004 or create or increase the liability of
  any person.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 75.0021 and 75.0022(b), Civil Practice
  and Remedies Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  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, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 931 was passed by the House on May 11,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 5, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 931 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 83, Nays 46, 1
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 931 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor