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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain | 
         
            |  | subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial | 
         
            |  | jurisdiction. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 212.012(c), Local Government Code, is | 
         
            |  | amended to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | (c)  An entity described by Subsection (b) may serve or | 
         
            |  | connect land with water, sewer, electricity, gas, or other utility | 
         
            |  | service regardless of whether the entity is presented with or | 
         
            |  | otherwise holds a certificate applicable to the land issued under | 
         
            |  | Section 212.0115 if: | 
         
            |  | (1)  the land is covered by a development plat approved | 
         
            |  | under Subchapter B or under an ordinance or rule relating to the | 
         
            |  | development plat; | 
         
            |  | (2)  the land was first served or connected with | 
         
            |  | service by an entity described by Subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or | 
         
            |  | (b)(3) before September 1, 1987; [ or] | 
         
            |  | (3)  the land was first served or connected with | 
         
            |  | service by an entity described by Subsection (b)(4), (b)(5), or | 
         
            |  | (b)(6) before September 1, 1989; or | 
         
            |  | (4)  the land was removed from a municipality's | 
         
            |  | extraterritorial jurisdiction under Subchapter D or E, Chapter 42, | 
         
            |  | and the entity holds a certificate of convenience and necessity to | 
         
            |  | serve the land. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  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, 2025. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1566 passed the Senate on | 
         
            |  | April 10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0; | 
         
            |  | May 28, 2025, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | 
         
            |  | requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 29, 2025, House | 
         
            |  | granted request of the Senate; May 31, 2025, Senate adopted | 
         
            |  | Conference Committee Report 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. 1566 passed the House, with | 
         
            |  | amendments, on May 22, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, | 
         
            |  | Nays 1, three present not voting; May 29, 2025, House granted | 
         
            |  | request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | 
         
            |  | May 31, 2025, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | 
         
            |  | following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 0, three present not voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | Approved: | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Governor |