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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements by certain electric utilities on placement |
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of ground level electric transformers on residential properties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 181, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 181.049 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 181.049. PLACEMENT OF ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS ON |
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RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. Unless permitted by a municipality in |
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which a residential property is located, a transmission and |
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distribution utility, as that term is defined by Section 31.002, |
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may not require placement of a ground level electric transformer on |
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the portion of the residential property that is adjacent to a public |
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street. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |