Amend SB 2 (house committee printing) on page 14, between lines 7 and 8, by inserting the following:
Sec. 418.464. TRANSMISSION PROJECT IN OR NEAR CERTAIN FLOODPLAINS AND RIPARIAN ZONES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Extra high voltage transmission line" means a transmission line with a voltage equal to or greater than 765 kilovolts.
(2) "Riparian zone" means the transitional area between aquatic and terrestrial habitats along a waterway.
(b) This section applies only to a transmission project for which a certificate of convenience and necessity is required under Chapter 37, Utilities Code, that includes a proposed extra high voltage transmission line:
(1) located in the 100-year floodplain, as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, of the Llano River, San Saba River, Devils River, Guadalupe River, or Frio River; or
(2) that would disturb or be located within one mile of a riparian zone of the Llano River, San Saba River, Devils River, Guadalupe River, or Frio River.
(c) An emergency management coordinator designated under Section 418.1015(c) to serve a county in which a transmission project described by Subsection (b) is proposed to be located:
(1) may provide recommendations and comments related to the proposed extra high voltage transmission line in a proceeding filed under Section 37.053, Utilities Code; and
(2) is an interested party for the purposes of Section 37.054, Utilities Code.