S.B. No. 349
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to standards for power lines.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 181.041, Utilities Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivisions (3) and (4) to read as follows:
               (3)  "Distribution line" means a power line operated
  below 60,000 volts when measured phase to phase.
               (4)  "Transmission line" means a power line operated at
  60,000 volts or more when measured phase to phase.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 181.045, Utilities Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A municipal electric utility shall construct, operate,
  and maintain its transmission lines and distribution lines [for the
  transmission and distribution of electric energy] along highways
  and at other places in accordance with the national electrical
  safety code. With regard to clearances, an electric utility that is
  not a municipal electric utility shall construct, operate, and
  maintain its transmission lines and distribution lines [for the
  transmission and distribution of electric energy] along highways
  and at other places in accordance with the national electrical
  safety code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 349 passed the Senate on
  March 13, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 349 passed the House on
  May 2, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor