Bill Text: TX HB2289 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a gas corporation to use a public right-of-way along a railroad, a railroad right-of-way, an interurban railroad, or a street railroad.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2289 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2289-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2289 | ||
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| relating to the authority of a gas corporation to use a public | ||
| right-of-way along a railroad, a railroad right-of-way, an | ||
| interurban railroad, or a street railroad. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 181.005(a), Utilities Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A gas corporation has the right to lay and maintain | ||
| lines over, along, under, and across a public road, [ |
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| a canal or stream, or a municipal street or alley and over, under, | ||
| and across a railroad or a railroad right-of-way only if: | ||
| (1) the pipeline complies with: | ||
| (A) all safety regulations adopted by the | ||
| Railroad Commission of Texas and all federal regulations relating | ||
| to pipeline facilities and pipelines; and | ||
| (B) all rules adopted by the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation or the Railroad Commission of Texas and all federal | ||
| regulations regarding the accommodation of utility facilities on a | ||
| right-of-way, including regulations relating to the horizontal or | ||
| vertical placement of the pipeline; and | ||
| (2) the owner or operator of the pipeline ensures that | ||
| the public right-of-way and any associated facility are promptly | ||
| restored to their former condition of usefulness after the | ||
| installation or maintenance of the pipeline. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2289 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2289 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
