78R7386 MI-F

By:  West                                                         H.B. No. 1594



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements for emergency response plans relating to 
pipeline safety.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 117.012(k), Natural Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(k)  The commission by rule shall require the owner or 
operator of each interstate or intrastate hazardous liquid or 
carbon dioxide pipeline facility any part of which is located 
within 1,000 feet of a public school to:
		(1)  develop an emergency response plan in consultation 
with the fire department in whose jurisdiction the school is 
located or another local emergency response entity;  and
		(2)  mail a copy of the plan by certified mail, return 
receipt requested, to the superintendent of the school district in 
which the school is located [present the plan:
			[(A) at the first annual budget meeting of the 
board of trustees of the school district in which the school is 
located after the plan is developed;  and
			[(B) at subsequent annual budget meetings of the 
board of trustees of the school district on the request of the 
board].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.