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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to weatherization of certain natural gas facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.073(b), Natural Resources Code, as |
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added by Section 4, Chapter 426 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 87th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The rules must: |
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(1) establish criteria for designating persons who own |
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or operate a facility under the jurisdiction of the commission |
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under Section 81.051(a) or engage in an activity under the |
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jurisdiction of the commission under Section 81.051(a) who must |
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provide critical customer and critical gas supply information, as |
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defined by the commission, to the entities described by Section |
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38.074(b)(1), Utilities Code; and |
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(2) consider essential operational elements when |
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defining critical customer designations and critical gas supply |
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information for the purposes of Subdivision (1), including natural |
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gas production, processing, and transportation, related produced |
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water handling and disposal facilities, and the delivery of natural |
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gas to generators of electric energy[; and |
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[(3) require that only facilities and entities that |
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are prepared to operate during a weather emergency may be |
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designated as a critical customer under this section]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 86.044(b), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies only to a gas supply chain facility |
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that is: |
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(1) included on the electricity supply chain map |
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created under Section 38.203, Utilities Code,[;] and |
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[(2)] designated as critical by the commission in the |
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manner provided by Section 81.073; or |
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(2) a facility used for producing natural gas. |
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SECTION 3. Section 81.073, Natural Resources Code, as added |
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by Section 1, Chapter 931 (H.B. 3648), Acts of the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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86.044(b), Natural Resources Code, applies only to a facility for |
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which drilling is begun on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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A facility for which drilling was begun before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time drilling was |
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begun, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |