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| 1 | 1 | 81R3910 SLB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Orr H.B. No. 876 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the installation of natural gas pipelines in controlled | |
| 8 | 8 | access highway rights-of-way. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 203, Transportation Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended by adding Section 203.096 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 203.096. SUBSURFACE ACCESS IN RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) The | |
| 13 | 13 | commission shall allow subsurface access to a controlled access | |
| 14 | 14 | highway right-of-way for the installation of a natural gas pipeline | |
| 15 | 15 | that does not interfere with existing utilities located in the | |
| 16 | 16 | right-of-way. The commission may regulate the horizontal or | |
| 17 | 17 | vertical location of the pipeline within the right-of-way. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The commission may require a natural gas pipeline | |
| 19 | 19 | operator to relocate facilities at the cost of the operator to | |
| 20 | 20 | accommodate construction or expansion of the highway or for any | |
| 21 | 21 | other public work. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |