By: Herrero (Senate Sponsor - Williams) H.B. No. 4300
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2009;
May 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources; May 23, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4300 By: Averitt
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to safety rules for certain pipeline facilities and public
awareness.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 121.2015(c) and (d), Utilities Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(c) If the operator or operator's representative cannot
arrange a meeting in person after complying with Subsection (b),
the operator or the operator's representative shall [make an effort
to] conduct community liaison activities by [means of a telephone
conference call with the officials by] one of the following
methods:
(1) holding [mailing a written request for] a
telephone conference with [to] the appropriate officials [by
certified mail, return receipt requested]; or
(2) delivering [sending a request for a telephone
conference to the appropriate officials by facsimile transmission;
or
[(3) making one or more telephone calls or e-mail
message transmissions to the appropriate officials to request a
telephone conference.
[(d) If the operator or the operator's representative has
made the efforts required by Subsections (b) and (c) but has not
successfully arranged a meeting in person or a telephone
conference,] the community liaison information required to be
conveyed [may be delivered by mailing the information] by certified
mail, return receipt requested.
SECTION 2. Sections 117.012(i) and (j), Natural Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(i) If the operator or operator's representative cannot
arrange a meeting in person after complying with Subsection (h),
the operator or the operator's representative shall [make an
effort, by one of the following methods, to] conduct community
liaison activities by one of the following methods [means of a
telephone conference call with the officials]:
(1) holding [mailing a written request for] a
telephone conference with [to] the appropriate officials [by
certified mail, return receipt requested]; or
(2) delivering [sending a request for a telephone
conference to the appropriate officials by facsimile transmission;
or
[(3) making one or more telephone calls or e-mail
message transmissions to the appropriate officials to request a
telephone conference.
[(j) If the operator or the operator's representative has
made the efforts required by Subsections (h) and (i) but has not
successfully arranged a meeting in person or a telephone
conference,] the community liaison information required to be
conveyed [may be delivered by mailing the information] by certified
mail, return receipt requested.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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