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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the pipeline safety fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 121, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 121.212 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 121.212. PIPELINE SAFETY FUND. (a) The pipeline |
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safety fund is created as a special account in the general revenue |
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fund. The fund consists of: |
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(1) fees collected under Section 121.211; |
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(2) civil penalties and administrative penalties |
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collected for violations under Subchapters E and F; |
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(3) civil penalties collected for violations under |
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Section 121.302; |
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(4) administrative penalties collected for violations |
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of Section 121.304(a)(2); |
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(5) civil penalties collected for violations under |
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Chapters 117 and 118, Natural Resources Code; |
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(6) criminal penalties collected under Chapter 117, |
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Natural Resources Code; and |
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(7) settlement amounts collected by the attorney |
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general under Subdivisions (1)-(5). |
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(b) Amounts deposited in the fund may be appropriated only |
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to the railroad commission for: |
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(1) the implementation and enforcement of the pipeline |
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safety standards and practices of: |
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(A) Chapters 117 and 118, Natural Resources Code; |
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(B) Subchapters E and F; and |
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(C) Section 756.126, Health and Safety Code; and |
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(2) the performance of other pipeline safety duties |
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under 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et seq., or a succeeding law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 121.211(h), Utilities Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |