By Cain S.B. No. 1912
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1912:
By Hawley C.S.S.B. No. 1912
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 117.011, Natural Resources Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 117.011. JURISDICTION. (a) The commission has
1-7 jurisdiction over all pipeline transportation of hazardous liquids
1-8 or carbon dioxide and over all hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide
1-9 pipeline facilities as provided by 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et seq.
1-10 [in the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (Pub.L.No.
1-11 96-129)].
1-12 (b) The commission may seek designation by the Secretary of
1-13 Transportation as an agent to conduct safety inspections of
1-14 interstate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities
1-15 located in this state.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 117.012, Natural Resources Code, is
1-17 amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
1-18 (g) The commission shall adopt rules regarding:
1-19 (1) public education and awareness concerning
1-20 hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities; and
1-21 (2) community liaison for the purpose of responding to
1-22 an emergency concerning a hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide
1-23 pipeline facility.
1-24 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-5 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-6 passage, and it is so enacted.