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AN ACT
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relating to liability of certain electric utilities that contract |
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with political subdivisions for certain uses of land that the |
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electric utility owns, occupies, or leases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 75.007(e), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not affect Section 75.001, 75.002, |
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[75.0021,] 75.003, or 75.004 or create or increase the liability of |
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any person. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 75.0021 and 75.0022(b), Civil Practice |
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and Remedies Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action |
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immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 931 was passed by the House on May 11, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 5, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 931 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 83, Nays 46, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 931 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |