Bill Text: TX HB4060 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a program administered by the Railroad Commission of Texas to provide grants to promote pipeline emergency preparedness; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-08 - Left pending in committee [HB4060 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4060-Introduced.html
86R11647 JXC-D | ||
By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 4060 |
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relating to a program administered by the Railroad Commission of | ||
Texas to provide grants to promote pipeline emergency preparedness; | ||
authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.0715 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.0715. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FEES AND GRANTS. (a) | ||
The commission by rule shall establish pipeline emergency | ||
preparedness fees to be assessed for permits or registrations for | ||
pipelines under the jurisdiction of the commission's pipeline | ||
safety and regulatory program. | ||
(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to | ||
the credit of a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. | ||
Money in the account may be appropriated only for the purposes of | ||
the grant program established by this section and associated | ||
administrative expenses. | ||
(c) The commission shall establish a grant program to | ||
provide funding for emergency preparedness expenses, such as the | ||
creation of evacuation plans for pipeline-related emergencies, | ||
such as spills or leaks. | ||
(d) The commission may provide a grant under this section | ||
only to a political subdivision that: | ||
(1) provides emergency services to respond to | ||
pipeline-related emergencies; and | ||
(2) is located within five miles of a pipeline. | ||
(e) The commission may establish the fees in an amount | ||
necessary to provide a reasonable amount of funding for the grant | ||
program established by this section, based on emergency | ||
preparedness expenses typically required by political subdivisions | ||
for pipeline-related emergencies. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |