Bill Text: TX HB4117 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the adequacy of service provided by gas utilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB4117 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4117-Introduced.html

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88R13412 CXP-D
By: Turner H.B. No. 4117

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adequacy of service provided by gas utilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 104.252, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 104.252. AUTHORITY OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY CONCERNING
STANDARDS. (a) A regulatory authority, on its own motion or on
complaint and after reasonable notice and hearing, may[:
[(1)] adopt just and reasonable standards,
classifications, regulations, or practices a gas utility must
follow in furnishing a service.
(b) A regulatory authority shall:
(1) [;
[(2)] adopt adequate and reasonable standards for
measuring a condition, including quantity, quality, and pressure
relating to the furnishing of a service;
(2) [(3)] adopt reasonable regulations for examining,
testing, and measuring a service; and
(3) [(4)] adopt or approve reasonable rules,
regulations, specifications, and standards to ensure the accuracy
of equipment, including meters and instruments, used to measure a
service.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 121.213, Utilities Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 121.213. INSTALLATION, REMOVAL, [AND] REPLACEMENT,
AND MONITORING OF CERTAIN PIPELINES.
SECTION 3. Section 121.213, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The railroad commission shall monitor the amount of
pipeline pressure maintained in distribution gas pipeline
facilities.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.