By West H.B. No. 843 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the regulation of the transportation of carbon dioxide. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Sections 117.001 (3) & (4), Natural Resources 1-5 Code, are amended to read as follows: 1-6 (3) "Transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide" 1-7 means the movement of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide by 1-8 pipeline, or their storage incidental to movement, except that it 1-9 does not include any such movement through gathering lines in rural 1-10 locations or production, refining, or manufacturing facilities or 1-11 storage or in-plant piping systems associated with any of those 1-12 facilities. 1-13 (4) "Pipeline facilities" include new and existing pipe, 1-14 rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used or 1-15 intended for use in the transportation of hazardous liquids or 1-16 carbon dioxide. 1-17 SECTION 2. Section 117.011, Natural Resources Code, is 1-18 amended to read as follows: 1-19 Sec. 117.011. Jurisdiction. The commission has jurisdiction 1-20 over all pipeline transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon 1-21 dioxide and over all hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline 1-22 facilities as provided in the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act 1-23 of 1979 (Pub.L.No. 96-129). 2-1 SECTION 3. Sections 117.012 (a) & (b), Natural Resources 2-2 Code, are amended to read as follows: 2-3 (a) The commission shall adopt rules that include safety 2-4 standards for and practices applicable to the intrastate 2-5 transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide by pipeline 2-6 and intrastate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline 2-7 facilities. 2-8 (b) Rules that adopt safety standards do not apply to 2-9 movement of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide through gathering 2-10 lines in rural locations or production, refining, or manufacturing 2-11 facilities or storage or in-plant piping systems associated with 2-12 any of those facilities. 2-13 SECTION 4. Sections 117.013 (a) & (c), Natural Resources 2-14 Code, are amended to read as follows: 2-15 (a) Each owner or operator of a pipeline engaged in the 2-16 transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide within this 2-17 state shall maintain records, make reports, and provide any 2-18 information the commission may require under the jurisdiction 2-19 granted by the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 2-20 (Pub.L.No. 96-129) and this chapter. 2-21 (c) The commission may require the owners or operators of 2-22 hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities to prepare 2-23 and make available for inspection by its employees or agents or 2-24 file for approval a procedural manual for each such facility in 2-25 accordance with the requirements of Title 49, Part 195.402, Code of 3-1 Federal Regulations. 3-2 SECTION 5. Section 117.014 (a), Natural Resources Code, is 3-3 amended to read as follows: 3-4 (a) The commission and its employees and designated agents 3-5 may enter property on which is located pipeline facilities or any 3-6 other property relating to the transportation of hazardous liquids 3-7 or carbon dioxide by pipeline and may inspect and examine the 3-8 records and property to the extent relevant to determine if a 3-9 person is acting in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted 3-10 by the commission under this chapter. 3-11 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 3-12 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the 3-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.