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By: Craddick (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) |
H.B. No. 206 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2025; |
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April 24, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Natural Resources; May 8, 2025, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 8, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on a county's authority to require a cash |
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bond before approving the construction of a pipeline. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 240.911 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 240.911. BOND FOR PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION. A county may |
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not require a cash bond as a condition of approval for the |
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construction of a pipeline in the county's boundaries. |
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SECTION 2. Section 240.911, Local Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to an application for approval to |
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construct a pipeline filed with a county on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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