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.