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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a common purchaser that transports |
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natural gas by pipeline to use a public right-of-way for a pipeline. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 111, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 111.0831 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 111.0831. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN COMMON PURCHASERS TO |
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USE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PIPELINE. (a) A common purchaser as |
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defined by Section 111.081(a)(2) has the right to lay and maintain a |
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pipeline over, under, across, and along a public road or a municipal |
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street or alley. |
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(b) A common purchaser may exercise authority under this |
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section in relation to a municipal street or alley only with the |
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consent of and subject to the direction of the governing body of the |
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municipality. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |