By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 947

(In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2017; March 1, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; March 20, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 20, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 947 By: Nichols

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 75.007(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 Sections 75.0021 and 75.0022(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, are repealed.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.

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