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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 75.0022(b), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies only to an electric utility located |
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in: |
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(1) a county with a population of four million or more; |
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or |
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(2) a county with a population of 550,000 or more that |
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is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. 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 in effect immediately before that |
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date, and that law is 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, 2017. |