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Senate approves bill limiting pipeline construction fees by certain reclamation districts

3248006 · May 8, 2025
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The Senate passed a committee substitute extending cost-based protections to developers against excessive pipeline construction fees by certain conservation and reclamation districts, defining developers and capping fees to the district's documented costs.

The Texas Senate advanced and passed a committee substitute to Senate Bill 6 12, a local bill supporters said protects real-estate developers from excessive pipeline and infrastructure construction fees imposed by certain conservation and reclamation districts.

Senator Hinojosa introduced the measure on the floor, saying the 2021 law that limited some districts— powers "did not include real estate developers" and that in some…

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