81R8008 TRH-F
By: Crownover H.B. No. 1526
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a common purchaser that transports
natural gas by pipeline to use a public right-of-way for a pipeline.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 111, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 111.0831 to read as follows:
Sec. 111.0831. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN COMMON PURCHASERS TO
USE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PIPELINE. (a) A common purchaser as
defined by Section 111.081(a)(2) has the right to lay and maintain a
pipeline over, under, across, and along a public road or a municipal
street or alley.
(b) A common purchaser may exercise authority under this
section in relation to a municipal street or alley only with the
consent of and subject to the direction of the governing body of the
municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.