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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow |
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certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or |
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leases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 75.007(e), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not affect Section 75.001, 75.002, |
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[75.0021,] 75.003, or 75.004 or create or increase the liability of |
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any person. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 75.0021 and 75.0022(b), Civil Practice |
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and Remedies Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action |
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immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2017. |