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  89R7874 ANG-D     By: Patterson H.B. No. 1895       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the operation or expansion of a wind-powered generation   facility.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is   amended by adding Section 35.0024 to read as follows:           Sec.   35.0024.     WIND-POWERED GENERATION FACILITY   DETERMINATION.   (a)   Before an electric cooperative, electric   utility, municipally owned utility, power generation company, or   other person required by commission rule to register with the   commission before generating electricity may begin operation of or   expand a wind-powered generation facility, the cooperative,   utility, company, or person must submit documentation to the   commission establishing that:                 (1)     the Federal Aviation Administration has   determined the facility will not be a hazard to air navigation; and                 (2)     the Military Aviation and Installation Assurance   Siting Clearinghouse, or its successor agency, has determined that:                       (A)     the facility will not have an adverse impact   on military operations or readiness; or                       (B)     a mitigation agreement has been executed to   overcome an adverse impact on military operations or readiness.           (b)     The commission may impose an administrative penalty   under Section 15.023 on an electric cooperative or municipally   owned utility that violates Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  Section 35.0024, Utilities Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a wind-powered generation facility   installed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A   wind-powered generation facility installed before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately   before that date, and the law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.