Tex. Utilities Code § 121.453
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 121.453, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 121.453. PERMIT APPLICATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not begin construction of a sour gas pipeline facility before the person obtains from the railroad commission a permit to construct the facility.
(b) An applicant for a permit to construct a sour gas pipeline facility must:
(1) publish notice of the application in a form determined by the railroad commission in a newspaper of general circulation in each county that contains part of the proposed route of the sour gas pipeline facility; and
(2) provide a copy of the application to the county clerk of each county that contains part of the proposed route.
(b) An applicant for a permit to construct a sour gas pipeline facility must:
(1) publish notice of the application in a form determined by the railroad commission in a newspaper of general circulation in each county that contains part of the proposed route of the sour gas pipeline facility; and
(2) provide a copy of the application to the county clerk of each county that contains part of the proposed route.
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