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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to required municipal and county approval to construct a |
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data center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 250.015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 250.015. CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTER. (a) In this |
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section, "data center" means a facility that is used primarily to |
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house servers and related equipment and support staff for the |
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processing, storage, and distribution of data. |
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(b) A person may not construct a data center within the |
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boundaries of a municipality unless the governing body of the |
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municipality votes to approve the construction at a public hearing |
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held for that purpose. |
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(c) A person may not construct a data center within the |
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unincorporated area of a county unless the commissioners court of |
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the county votes to approve the construction at a public hearing |
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held for that purpose. |
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SECTION 2. Section 250.015, Local Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to the construction of a data center, as |
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defined by that section, for which the first application for a |
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building permit or other required municipal or county authorization |
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to construct the data center is submitted 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, 2027. |