House File 2458 H-8155 Amend House File 2458 as follows: 1 1. Page 28, by striking lines 17 through 26. 2 2. Page 33, after line 18 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 478.6, Code 2014, is amended by 4 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 5 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH . Notwithstanding any other 6 provision to the contrary, a franchise shall not be 7 granted or extended when the petition for a franchise 8 or extension of a franchise involves construction or 9 extension of a high voltage direct current transmission 10 line exceeding three hundred miles in length in this 11 state and extending across a state boundary line if, in 12 such county affected by the proposed project, more than 13 twenty-five percent of the specific parcels of real 14 property over which a right-of-way easement or other 15 property interest is sought to be acquired will be 16 acquired by exercise of the right of eminent domain. > 17 3. By renumbering as necessary. 18 ______________________________ WATTS of Dallas -1- HF2458.3550 (1) 85 da/sc 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.