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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal authority to regulate gas pipelines located |
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within the municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 121.202, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a) and by Section |
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121.2025, this subchapter does not reduce, limit, or impair: |
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(1) a power vested by law in: |
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(A) a county in relation to a county road; or |
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(B) a municipality; or |
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(2) the ability of a municipality to establish |
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conditions for mapping or taking an inventory of pipelines and |
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related appurtenances, including pumps, compressors, separators, |
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dehydration units, and tank batteries, located in an area in the |
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municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
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(c) A municipality may[:
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[(A)] adopt an ordinance that establishes |
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conditions for mapping, inventorying, locating, or relocating |
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pipelines and related appurtenances, including pumps, compressors, |
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separators, dehydration units, and tank batteries, located within |
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[over, under, along, or across a public street or alley or private
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residential area in] the boundaries of the municipality[; or
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[(B)
establish conditions for mapping or taking
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an inventory in an area in a municipality's extraterritorial
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jurisdiction]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 181.006, Utilities Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 181.006. CONSENT REQUIRED IN MUNICIPALITY. A gas |
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corporation may exercise authority under Sections 181.004 and |
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[Section] 181.005 in relation to a municipal street or alley with |
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the consent of and subject to the direction of the governing body of |
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the municipality. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |