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ORDINANCE 2019-3746
<br />AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., D/B/A
<br />CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS OPERATIONS, THE RIGHT, PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE
<br />TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, EXTEND, REMOVE, REPLACE, ABANDON, OPERATE AND
<br />MAINTAIN ITS FACILITIES WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAY OF THE CITY OF LA
<br />PORTE, TEXAS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, DELIVERY, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
<br />NATURAL GAS; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE FOREGOING
<br />SUBJECT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN
<br />MEETINGS LAW; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
<br />DATE.
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS:
<br />Section 1. GRANT OF AUTHORITY. Subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of this ordinance,
<br />the right, privilege and franchise is hereby granted to CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., D/B/A CenterPoint
<br />Energy Texas Gas Operations, hereinafter called "Company", to construct, install, extend, remove, replace,
<br />abandon, operate and maintain its facilities within the Public Rights -of -Way of the City of La Porte, Texas for
<br />the transportation, delivery, sale and distribution of natural gas within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte,
<br />Texas as the same are now and as the same may from time to time be extended.
<br />Section 2. DEFINITIONS.
<br />A. "City" shall mean the City of La Porte, Texas.
<br />B. "City Group" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13 of this Franchise Ordinance.
<br />C. "Company" shall mean CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., D/B/A CenterPoint Energy Texas Gas
<br />Operations, a Delaware Corporation, and shall not mean any of its affiliates and subsidiaries who shall
<br />have no right, privilege or franchise granted hereunder.
<br />D. "Facilities" shall mean pipes, pipelines, natural gas mains, laterals, feeders, regulators, meters, fixtures,
<br />connections and attachments and other instrumentalities and appurtenances, used in or incident to
<br />providing transportation, distribution, supply and sales of natural gas for heating, lighting, power and any
<br />other purposes for which natural gas may now or hereafter be used.
<br />E. "Public Rights -of -Way" shall mean the areas in, under, upon, over, across, and along any and all of the
<br />present and future Streets (as defined herein) or streams now or hereafter owned or controlled by City.
<br />F. "Street" shall mean the surface and the space above and below any public street, road, highway, alley,
<br />bridge, sidewalk, or other public place or way.
<br />G. "Transport Customer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 of this Franchise Ordinance.
<br />Section 3. TERM OF FRANCHISE. This Franchise shall become effective on the Effective Date
<br />described in Section 21 of this Franchise Ordinance and shall be in full force and effect for a term of ten (10)
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