Bill Text: TX HB3326 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality to require that an intrastate pipeline be buried to a certain depth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB3326 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3326-Introduced.html
| 86R11649 JXC-D | ||
| By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 3326 | |
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| relating to the authority of a municipality to require that an | ||
| intrastate pipeline be buried to a certain depth. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 211, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 211.901. REGULATION OF PIPELINES. (a) This section | ||
| applies only to an intrastate pipeline that transports hazardous | ||
| liquid, as defined by Section 117.001, Natural Resources Code, | ||
| carbon dioxide, or natural gas. | ||
| (b) The governing body of a municipality may require a | ||
| pipeline to be buried to a depth of not more than 12 feet. | ||
| (c) In the case of a conflict between this section and | ||
| Chapter 81, 111, or 117, Natural Resources Code, or Chapter 121, | ||
| Utilities Code, this section prevails. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
