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      H.B. No. 206         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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 206 was passed by the House on April   23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 114, Nays 34, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 206 was passed by the Senate on May   12, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 3.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor