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ACT No. 435
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 464
BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 30:560(B) and (C) and 706 and to enact R.S. 30:560(D), relative
3 to pipelines; to provide relative to pipeline safety inspection fees for certain
4 pipelines; to provide relative to the amounts and imposition of such fees; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 30:560(B) and (C) and 706 are hereby amended and reenacted and
8 R.S. 30:560(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §560. Pipeline safety inspection fees
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11 B. There is hereby imposed upon all distributors of jurisdictional gas which
12 who own and operate any jurisdictional gas distribution system which that comes
13 under the supervision of the assistant secretary pursuant to R.S. 30:551(B) an annual
14 safety and odorization inspection fee not to exceed twenty-two dollars and forty
15 cents per mile of pipeline used in a jurisdictional gas distribution system one dollar
16 per service line, or four hundred dollars per pipeline facility, whichever is greater.
17 The commissioner shall annually review the fee amount and may revise it in
18 accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
19 C. There is hereby imposed upon all distributors of jurisdictional gas who
20 own or operate any jurisdictional gas gathering or transmission system that comes
21 under the supervision of the assistant secretary pursuant to R.S. 30:551(B) an annual
22 safety inspection fee not to exceed forty-four dollars and eighty cents per mile of
23 pipeline used in a jurisdictional gas pipeline system, or eight hundred dollars per
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1 pipeline facility, whichever is greater. The commissioner shall annually review the
2 fee amount and may revise it in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
3 D. The annual inspection fees imposed by this Section are for the purpose
4 of enforcing the natural gas pipeline safety standards and practice required by this
5 Chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder. All fees collected by the
6 commissioner shall be reasonably related to the services provided and shall be used
7 by the office of conservation solely for the purposes of that program.
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9 §706. Fees
10 In order to implement this Part, every person engaged in the transportation
11 of hazardous liquids or who owns or operates intrastate pipeline facilities for the
12 transportation of hazardous liquids shall be assessed an annual fee which shall not
13 exceed twenty-two dollars and forty cents forty-four dollars and eighty cents for each
14 mile or fraction thereof of pipeline operated or four eight hundred dollars per
15 pipeline facility, whichever is greater. The commissioner shall annually review the
16 fee amount and may revise it not to exceed twenty-two dollars and forty cents forty-
17 four dollars and eighty cents per mile in accordance with the Administrative
18 Procedure Act. All fees collected by the commissioner shall be reasonably related
19 to the services provided and shall be used by the office of conservation solely for the
20 purposes of that program.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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