85R8304 JXC-D     By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1493       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requirements for the construction of a natural gas   pipeline in a municipality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 121, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 121.105 to read as follows:          Sec. 121.105.  HEARING BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE. A   person seeking to construct a pipeline to which this chapter   applies that is planned to be placed in the corporate boundaries or   extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not begin   construction of the pipeline unless the person holds at least one   public meeting in the municipality on the proposed construction.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   the construction of a pipeline that begins on or after the effective   date of this Act. Construction that begins before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before   that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.