Amend CSHB 300 (committee printing) by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
	SECTION 1.____.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 186, 
Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER E. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES ALONG, 
OVER, UNDER, OR ACROSS RAILROAD AND CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
[RIGHT-OF-WAY]
	SECTION 1.____. Subchapter E, Chapter 186, Utilities Code, is 
amended by adding Section 186.062 to read as follows:
	Sec. 186.062.  AUTHORITY TO LAY AND MAINTAIN PIPELINES. (a) 
In this section, "gas utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 
181.021, Utilities Code.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
a common carrier, energy transporter, or gas utility has the right 
to lay and maintain lines over, under, and across a public road, an 
interurban railroad, a street railroad, a canal or stream, or a 
municipal street or alley only if the common carrier, energy 
transporter, or gas utility:
		(1)  is subject to the jurisdiction, control, and 
regulation of the Railroad Commission of Texas and, as applicable, 
subject to safety standard requirements pertaining to gas pipeline 
facilities and transmission lines; and
		(2)  complies with all applicable state rules 
consistent with this section and all applicable federal regulations 
on the accommodation of utility facilities on a highway or 
right-of-way, including applicable rules and regulations relating 
to the horizontal and vertical location of a pipeline.
	(c)  The right granted by Subsection (b) relating to the use 
of a municipal street or alley is subject to the payment of charges 
in accordance with Section 121.2025 of this code and Section 
182.025, Tax Code.  Notwithstanding Section 203.092, 
Transportation Code, an energy transporter shall relocate its 
pipeline facilities at the energy transporter's expense unless it 
has a property interest in the land occupied by the pipeline to be 
relocated.
	(d)  A common carrier, energy transporter, or gas utility 
that lays or maintains lines under this section shall promptly 
restore any transportation facility, canal, or stream to its former 
condition of usefulness after the installation or maintenance of 
the line is complete.