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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.