TITLE: Relating to a limitation on a county's authority to require a cash bond before approving the construction of a pipeline.

SUMMARY: Relating to a limitation on a county's authority to require a cash bond before approving the construction of a pipeline.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a limitation on a county's authority to require a cash bond before approving the construction of a pipeline. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 240.911 to read as follows: Sec. 240.911. BOND FOR PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION. A county may not require a cash bond as a condition of approval for the construction of a pipeline in the county's boundaries. SECTION 2. Section 240.911, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an application for approval to construct a pipeline filed with a county on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.