85R8456 CAE-F     By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 947       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  Section 75.0022(b), Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is repealed.          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 applicable to the cause of action   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.