Bill Text: TX HB1169 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of a comprehensive plan to protect oil and gas infrastructure in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1169 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1169-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 1169 | |
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| relating to the adoption of a comprehensive plan to protect oil and | ||
| gas infrastructure in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 81.0661 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 81.0661. OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION PLAN. | ||
| (a) The commission shall develop and adopt a comprehensive plan to | ||
| protect this state's oil and gas infrastructure, including | ||
| wellheads and pipelines, from: | ||
| (1) natural disasters; | ||
| (2) severe weather events; | ||
| (3) cybersecurity threats; | ||
| (4) acts of terrorism; | ||
| (5) widespread power outages; and | ||
| (6) other potential threats to this state's oil and gas | ||
| infrastructure. | ||
| (b) The commission may seek input from stakeholders when | ||
| developing the plan. | ||
| (c) The commission shall periodically update the plan | ||
| developed under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2026, the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas shall adopt the initial oil and gas | ||
| infrastructure protection plan required under Section 81.0661, | ||
| Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
