| 1 | 1 | | 81R3131 TRH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Quintanilla H.B. No. 737 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the duty to notify local governmental entities about |
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| 8 | 8 | | the existence of proposed hazardous liquid pipeline projects. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Section 250.006 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 250.006. DUTY TO GIVE NOTICE OF PROPOSED HAZARDOUS |
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| 13 | 13 | | LIQUID PIPELINE PROJECTS. (a) In this section: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Hazardous liquid" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Section 117.001, Natural Resources Code. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) "Local governmental entity" means a political |
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| 17 | 17 | | subdivision of this state, or a local government corporation, |
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| 18 | 18 | | board, commission, district, or authority to which a member is |
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| 19 | 19 | | appointed by the county judge, the commissioners court of a county, |
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| 20 | 20 | | the mayor of a municipality, or the governing body of a |
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| 21 | 21 | | municipality. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) A person who is an officer or employee of a local |
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| 23 | 23 | | governmental entity, on acquiring knowledge of a proposed pipeline |
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| 24 | 24 | | project that may transport a hazardous liquid in or through the |
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| 25 | 25 | | entity's boundaries or jurisdiction, shall promptly inform the |
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| 26 | 26 | | entity of the existence of the proposed pipeline project. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) A local governmental entity that acquires knowledge |
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| 28 | 28 | | from any source regarding a proposed pipeline project that may |
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| 29 | 29 | | transport a hazardous liquid in or through the entity's boundaries |
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| 30 | 30 | | or jurisdiction shall promptly give written notice to any other |
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| 31 | 31 | | local governmental entity whose boundaries or jurisdiction may |
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| 32 | 32 | | reasonably be expected to be affected by the proposed pipeline |
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| 33 | 33 | | project. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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