Tex. Natural Resources Code § 117.011
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 117.011, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 117.011. JURISDICTION UNDER DELEGATED FEDERAL AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission has jurisdiction over all pipeline transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide and over all hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities as provided by 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et seq. and its subsequent amendments or a succeeding law.
(b) The commission may seek designation by the United States secretary of transportation as an agent to conduct safety inspections of interstate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities located in this state.
(b) The commission may seek designation by the United States secretary of transportation as an agent to conduct safety inspections of interstate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities located in this state.
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