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