Bill Text: TX HB4222 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the oil and gas infrastructure security division within the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB4222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4222-Introduced.html
87R12473 JAM-D | ||
By: Raymond | H.B. No. 4222 |
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relating to the establishment of the oil and gas infrastructure | ||
security division within the Railroad Commission of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 81.051, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commission's jurisdiction described by this section | ||
includes the responsibility and authority to secure pipelines and | ||
other oil and gas infrastructure in this state against severe | ||
weather events, cybersecurity threats, acts of terrorism, and other | ||
potential disruptions to the production of oil and gas in this | ||
state. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.0535 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.0535. OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY DIVISION. | ||
(a) In this section, "division" means the oil and gas | ||
infrastructure security division. | ||
(b) The commission shall establish within the agency the oil | ||
and gas infrastructure security division with the primary | ||
responsibility and authority to secure pipelines and other oil and | ||
gas infrastructure in this state against severe weather events, | ||
cybersecurity threats, acts of terrorism, and other potential | ||
disruptions to the production of oil and gas in this state. | ||
(c) The division shall: | ||
(1) periodically conduct risk assessments of the oil | ||
and gas infrastructure in this state; and | ||
(2) establish guidelines and adopt rules to: | ||
(A) address vulnerabilities identified by risk | ||
assessments conducted under Subdivision (1); and | ||
(B) otherwise satisfy the responsibilities | ||
described by Subsection (b). | ||
(d) The division shall solicit input from interested | ||
persons when developing guidelines under Subsection (c)(2). | ||
(e) The chairman shall select commission employees to staff | ||
the division. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |