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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation as common carriers of certain owners, |
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operators, or managers of pipelines for the transportation of |
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feedstock for carbon gasification, the products of carbon |
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gasification, or the derivative products of carbon gasification. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 111.002, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 111.002. COMMON CARRIERS UNDER CHAPTER. A person is a |
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common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter if it: |
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(1) owns, operates, or manages a pipeline or any part |
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of a pipeline in the State of Texas for the transportation of crude |
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petroleum to or for the public for hire, or engages in the business |
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of transporting crude petroleum by pipeline; |
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(2) owns, operates, or manages a pipeline or any part |
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of a pipeline in the State of Texas for the transportation of crude |
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petroleum to or for the public for hire and the pipeline is |
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constructed or maintained on, over, or under a public road or |
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highway, or is an entity in favor of whom the right of eminent |
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domain exists; |
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(3) owns, operates, or manages a pipeline or any part |
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of a pipeline in the State of Texas for the transportation of crude |
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petroleum to or for the public for hire which is or may be |
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constructed, operated, or maintained across, on, along, over, or |
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under the right-of-way of a railroad, corporation, or other common |
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carrier required by law to transport crude petroleum as a common |
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carrier; |
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(4) under lease, contract of purchase, agreement to |
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buy or sell, or other agreement or arrangement of any kind, owns, |
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operates, manages, or participates in ownership, operation, or |
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management of a pipeline or part of a pipeline in the State of Texas |
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for the transportation of crude petroleum, bought of others, from |
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an oil field or place of production within this state to any |
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distributing, refining, or marketing center or reshipping point |
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within this state; |
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(5) owns, operates, or manages, wholly or partially, |
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pipelines for the transportation for hire of coal in whatever form |
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or of any mixture of substances including coal in whatever form; |
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[or] |
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(6) owns, operates, or manages, wholly or partially, |
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pipelines for the transportation of carbon dioxide or hydrogen in |
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whatever form to or for the public for hire, but only if such person |
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files with the commission a written acceptance of the provisions of |
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this chapter expressly agreeing that, in consideration of the |
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rights acquired, it becomes a common carrier subject to the duties |
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and obligations conferred or imposed by this chapter; or |
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(7) owns, operates, or manages a pipeline or any part |
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of a pipeline in the State of Texas for the transportation of |
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feedstock for carbon gasification, the products of carbon |
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gasification, or the derivative products of carbon gasification, in |
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whatever form, to or for the public for hire, but only if the person |
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files with the commission a written acceptance of the provisions of |
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this chapter expressly agreeing that, in consideration of the |
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rights acquired, it becomes a common carrier subject to the duties |
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and obligations conferred or imposed by this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Section 111.013, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 111.013. CONTROL OF PIPELINES. A pipeline subject to |
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the provisions of this chapter not exempt under Section 111.003 [of
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this code], which is used in connection with the business of |
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purchasing or purchasing and selling crude petroleum, or in the |
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business of transporting coal, carbon dioxide, [or] hydrogen, |
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feedstock for carbon gasification, the products of carbon |
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gasification, or the derivative products of carbon gasification in |
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whatever form by pipeline for hire in Texas, shall be operated as a |
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common carrier and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the |
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commission. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the SenateSpeaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1967 was passed by the House on March |
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27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1967 was passed by the Senate on April |
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19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |