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Amend SB 686 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 251, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 251.018 to read as follows:
Sec. 251.018. SUBSURFACE ACCESS IN RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) A
county may allow subsurface access to a county road right-of-way
for the installation of a temporary water line that does not
interfere with existing utilities located in the right-of-way. The
county may regulate the horizontal or vertical location of the
pipeline within the right-of-way.
(b) The county may require a temporary water line operator
to relocate facilities at the cost of the operator to accommodate
construction or expansion of the road or for any other public work.