88R6819 PRL-D
 
  By: Slawson H.B. No. 1443
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the operation of a wind-powered generation facility
  near a joint-use airport.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.002, Utilities Code, as amended by
  Chapters 908 (H.B. 4492) and 950 (S.B. 1580), Acts of the 87th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 39.002.  APPLICABILITY. This chapter, other than
  Sections 39.151, 39.1516, 39.155, 39.157(e), 39.159, 39.160,
  39.203, 39.904, 39.9051, 39.9052, 39.9056, and 39.914(e), and
  Subchapters M and N, does not apply to a municipally owned utility
  or an electric cooperative. Sections 39.157(e), 39.203, and
  39.904, however, apply only to a municipally owned utility or an
  electric cooperative that is offering customer choice. If there is
  a conflict between the specific provisions of this chapter and any
  other provisions of this title, except for Chapters 40 and 41, the
  provisions of this chapter control.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.9056 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.9056.  OPERATION OF WIND-POWERED GENERATION
  FACILITY NEAR JOINT-USE AIRPORT. (a) In this section, "joint-use
  airport" means an airport:
               (1)  that is owned or operated by a federal defense
  agency;
               (2)  at which both military and civilian aircraft make
  shared use of the airfield; and
               (3)  that provides air traffic control for all military
  and civilian aircraft operating within 60 nautical miles of the
  airport's boundaries.
         (b)  A power generation company or other person required by
  commission rule to register with the commission before generating
  electricity may not operate a wind-powered generation facility in
  the ERCOT power region at a location that is within 65 nautical
  miles of the boundaries of a joint-use airport located in this
  state.
         (c)  An electric cooperative or municipally owned utility
  may not operate a wind-powered generation facility in the ERCOT
  power region at a location that is within 65 nautical miles of the
  boundaries of a joint-use airport located in this state.
         SECTION 3.  Section 39.9056, Utilities Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a wind-powered generation facility
  installed on or after the effective date of this Act. A wind-powered
  generation facility installed before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date,
  and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.