Bill Text: TX HB3385 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that the Railroad Commission of Texas publish maps of pipeline evacuation zones.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB3385 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3385-Introduced.html

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86R12827 JXC-D
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3385

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that the Railroad Commission of Texas
publish maps of pipeline evacuation zones.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 117.012, Natural Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) The commission shall publish on its Internet website
maps of evacuation zones for emergencies relating to hazardous
liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities. The commission may
require pipeline facility operators to submit to the commission any
information needed for the purposes of this subsection. Each
evacuation zone map must show:
(1) for each pipeline facility, the associated high
consequence area and surrounding buffer zone;
(2) the roads and bodies of water in the evacuation
zone;
(3) a legend;
(4) a linear scale for distance; and
(5) a compass rose.
SECTION 2. Section 121.2015, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The railroad commission shall publish on its Internet
website maps of evacuation zones for emergencies relating to gas
pipeline facilities. The railroad commission may require pipeline
facility operators to submit to the commission any information
needed for the purposes of this subsection. Each evacuation zone
map must show:
(1) for each pipeline facility, the associated high
consequence area and surrounding buffer zone;
(2) the roads and bodies of water in the evacuation
zone;
(3) a legend;
(4) a linear scale for distance; and
(5) a compass rose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.