Bill Text: TX HB2289 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2289 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2289-Introduced.html
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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2289 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2289-Introduced.html
82R8929 RWG-F | ||
By: Crownover | 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, a railroad right-of-way, an interurban | ||
railroad, or a street railroad 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. |