System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.
Amend SB 686 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 251, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 251.018 to read as follows:
Sec. 215.018. SUBSURFACE ACCESS IN RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) A county
may allow subsurface access to a county road right-of-way for the
installation of a natural gas pipeline that does not interfere with
existing utilities located in the right-of-way. The county may
regulate the horizontal or vertical location of the pipeline within
the right-of-way.
(b) The county may require a natural gas pipeline operator to
relocate facilities at the cost of the operator to accomodate
construction or expansion of the road or for any other public work.