89R21457 ANG-D
 
  By: Craddick H.B. No. 206
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 206:
 
  By:  Darby C.S.H.B. No. 206
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a limitation on a county's authority to require a cash
  bond before approving the construction of a pipeline.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 240.911 to read as follows:
         Sec. 240.911.  BOND FOR PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION.  A county may
  not require a cash bond as a condition of approval for the
  construction of a pipeline in the county's boundaries.
         SECTION 2.  Section 240.911, Local Government Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to an application for approval to
  construct a pipeline filed with a county on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.