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AN ACT
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relating to payment of costs related to the relocation of certain |
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political subdivision utility facilities for state highway |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 203.092, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (a-4) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(a-4) Notwithstanding another provision of this section, a |
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utility shall make a relocation of a utility facility required by |
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improvement of the state highway system at the expense of this state |
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if the commission determines that: |
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(1) the utility is a political subdivision or is owned |
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or operated by a political subdivision; |
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(2) a financial condition would prevent the utility |
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from being able to pay the cost of relocation in full or in part at |
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the time of relocation or, if paid at that time, the payment would |
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adversely affect the utility's ability to operate or provide |
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essential services to its customers; and |
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(3) the utility: |
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(A) would not be able to receive a state |
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infrastructure bank loan under Subchapter D, Chapter 222, to |
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finance the cost of the relocation and is otherwise unable to |
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finance that cost; or |
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(B) is a political subdivision or is owned or |
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operated by a political subdivision that: |
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(i) has a population of less than 5,000; and |
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(ii) is located in a county that has been |
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included in at least five disaster declarations made by the |
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president of the United States in the six-year period preceding the |
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proposed date of the relocation. |
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(e) The total amount paid by the department for the |
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relocation of utility facilities under Subsection (a-4) may not |
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exceed $10 million in any fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1512 passed the Senate on |
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April 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1512 passed the House on |
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May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 7, |
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two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |