Amend CSSB 9 (House Committee Printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION ____. Section 121.201(a), Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The railroad commission by rule may: (1) adopt safety standards for the transportation of gas and for gas pipeline facilities; (1-a) adopt safety standards and best practices related to the prevention of damage to a gas pipeline facility resulting from the movement of earth by a person in the vicinity of the facility, including the standards and best practices described under 49 U.S.C. Section 60105 et seq.; (2) require an operator that does not file operator organization information under Section 91.142, Natural Resources Code, to provide the information to the commission in the form of an application; (3) require record maintenance and reports; (4) inspect records and facilities to determine compliance with adopted safety standards; (5) make certifications and reports; (6) seek designation by the United States secretary of transportation as an agent to conduct safety inspections of interstate gas pipeline facilities located in this state; and (7) take any other requisite action in accordance with 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et seq., or a succeeding law. SECTION ____. Section 117.012, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) The commission by rule shall adopt safety standards and best practices related to the prevention of damage to an intrastate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facility resulting from the movement of earth by a person in the vicinity of the facility, including the standards and best practices described under 49 U.S.C. Section 60105 et seq.