By: Estes S.B. No. 1754
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the clarification of certain requirements regarding
pipeline assessment, testing, and safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 118.002, Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 118.002. PIPELINES FOR WHICH PLAN MAY BE REQUIRED.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the rules adopted under
this chapter may apply to interstate pipelines, intrastate
pipelines, portions of pipeline systems the regulation of which the
federal government has temporarily delegated to the Railroad
Commission of Texas, or gathering lines, and to pipelines for the
transportation of any substance or material under the jurisdiction
of the commission, as specified by the commission.
(b) exempted from the application of this chapter are
gathering lines outside: (i) the limits of an incorporated or
unincorporated city or village; (ii) of any designated residential
or commercial area such as residential subdivisions, businesses or
shopping centers, or community development.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.