81R10351 TRH-F
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2355
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the pipeline safety fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 121, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 121.212 to read as follows:
Sec. 121.212. PIPELINE SAFETY FUND. (a) The pipeline
safety fund is created as a special account in the general revenue
fund. The fund consists of:
(1) fees collected under Section 121.211;
(2) civil penalties and administrative penalties
collected for violations under Subchapters E and F;
(3) civil penalties collected for violations under
Section 121.302;
(4) administrative penalties collected for violations
of Section 121.304(a)(2);
(5) civil penalties collected for violations under
Chapters 117 and 118, Natural Resources Code;
(6) criminal penalties collected under Chapter 117,
Natural Resources Code; and
(7) settlement amounts collected by the attorney
general under Subdivisions (1)-(5).
(b) Amounts deposited in the fund may be appropriated only
to the railroad commission for:
(1) the implementation and enforcement of the pipeline
safety standards and practices of:
(A) Chapters 117 and 118, Natural Resources Code;
(B) Subchapters E and F; and
(C) Section 756.126, Health and Safety Code; and
(2) the performance of other pipeline safety duties
under 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et seq., or a succeeding law.
SECTION 2. Section 121.211(h), Utilities Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.