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1	1	By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 897
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to certain reporting requirements in connection with the
7	7	transportation of hazardous materials by a railroad company.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 1, Chapter 350 (S.B.
10	10	1101), Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article
11	11	6419c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	(1) "Department" ["Commission"] means the Texas
14	14	Department of Transportation [Railroad Commission of Texas].
15	15	SECTION 2. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 2, Chapter 350
16	16	(S.B. 1101), Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989
17	17	(Article 6419c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read
18	18	as follows:
19	19	(a) A railroad company that transports hazardous materials
20	20	in or through the state shall file with the department [commission]
21	21	a copy of each hazardous materials incident report that the company
22	22	files with the federal Department of Transportation in accordance
23	23	with 49 C.F.R. 171.16, not later than the 15th day after the date
24	24	that the incident that forms the basis of the report is discovered.
25	25	(b) Not later than April 1 of each year, a railroad company
26	26	that transports hazardous materials in or through the state shall
27	27	provide to the department [commission]:
28	28	(1) a map depicting the location of each railroad main
29	29	line and branch line that the company owns, leases, or operates in
30	30	the state;
31	31	(2) a map delineating the geographical limits of the
32	32	railroad company operating divisions or districts and the principal
33	33	operating officer for the railroad company in each operating
34	34	division or district;
35	35	(3) a primary and secondary telephone number for the
36	36	railroad company dispatcher responsible for train operations in
37	37	each operating division or district;
38	38	(4) a list of each type of hazardous material by hazard
39	39	class and the quantity of the material transported over each
40	40	railroad line owned, leased, or operated by the railroad company
41	41	during the preceding year; and
42	42	(5) the name and address of the railroad company
43	43	employee in charge of training persons to handle an incident
44	44	related to hazardous materials.
45	45	SECTION 3. Section 3, Chapter 350 (S.B. 1101), Acts of the
46	46	71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 6419c, Vernon's
47	47	Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 3. DISTRIBUTION. (a) The department [commission]
49	49	shall compile information submitted to the department [commission]
50	50	under this Act for distribution to:
51	51	(1) local emergency management agencies located in
52	52	jurisdictions containing reported railroad operations; and
53	53	(2) the metropolitan planning organizations for those
54	54	jurisdictions.
55	55	(b) At least once each year the division of emergency
56	56	management shall distribute the information compiled by the
57	57	department [commission] to the appropriate officials for inclusion
58	58	in local emergency management plans.
59	59	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.