85R5789 CAE-D
 
  By: Stephenson, Reynolds, Zerwas H.B. No. 1166
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow
  certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or
  leases.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 75.0022(b), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to an electric utility located
  in:
               (1)  a county with a population of four million or more;
  or
               (2)  a county with a population of 550,000 or more that
  is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
  this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
  date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         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, 2017.