Title NR, Natural Resources Code

Sec. 116.031. LICENSE REQUIREMENT. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by commission rule, a person shall be required to obtain a license from the commission to engage in any of the following activities: (1) work that includes the assembly, repair, testing, sale, ins…

Sec. 116.032. LICENSE AND REGISTRATION FEES. (a) The commission shall adopt rules establishing registration fees and license categories and license fees to be charged for application for and issuance and renewal of a license or registration. (b) The commission by rule may establi…

Sec. 116.033. APPLICATION AND RENEWAL PROCEDURES. (a) The commission shall adopt rules establishing procedures for submitting and processing applications for issuance and renewal of licenses and for registration. (b) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license or regist…

Sec. 116.034. EXAMINATION AND SEMINAR REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission may adopt rules providing training and seminar attendance requirements and shall adopt rules providing examination requirements for persons who are required or who wish to be licensed or registered under this …

Sec. 116.0345. LICENSE OR REGISTRATION BY ENDORSEMENT. The commission may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license or registration for an applicant after reviewing the applicant's credentials and determining that the applicant holds a license or registration issued by anothe…

Sec. 116.0346. PROVISIONAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION. (a) The commission may issue a provisional license or registration to an applicant currently licensed or registered in another jurisdiction who seeks a license or registration in this state and who: (1) has been licensed or regi…

Sec. 116.035. DENIAL OF LICENSE. The commission may deny issuance or renewal of a license or registration to any person who fails to qualify under the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted by the commission under this chapter. The commission shall give written notice to …

Sec. 116.036. INSURANCE REQUIREMENT. (a) All licensees must acquire and maintain appropriate workers' compensation or coverage for its employees under policies of work-related accident, disability, and health insurance, including coverage for death benefits, from an insurance car…

Sec. 116.037. DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) The commission shall notify a licensee or registrant in writing if it finds probable violation or noncompliance with this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter. (b) The notice shall specify the particular acts, omissions, or conduc…

Sec. 116.038. STAGGERED RENEWAL OF LICENSES. The commission by rule may adopt a system under which license and registration fees required by Section 116.032 of this code expire on various dates during the year. For the year in which the license and registration expiration dates a…

Sec. 116.071. REGISTRATION RULES. The commission shall adopt rules relating to the registration of motor vehicles that are equipped with a CNG or LNG cargo tank and motor vehicles used principally to transport compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas in portable cylinders …

Sec. 116.072. REGISTRATION. (a) Each motor vehicle that is equipped with a CNG or LNG cargo tank and each motor vehicle used principally to transport CNG or LNG in portable cylinders or containers must be registered with the commission as provided by commission rules. (b) The com…

Sec. 116.073. SAFETY RULES. The commission shall adopt safety rules relating to the transportation of compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas in this state. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 487, ch. 99, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 22…

Sec. 116.074. COOPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. The Department of Public Safety shall cooperate with the commission in administering and enforcing this chapter and rules of the commission relating to regulation of motor vehicles required to be registered under this …

Sec. 116.075. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS. This chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter do not modify, amend, or repeal any laws of this state relating to the regulation of motor carriers. Renumbered from Sec. 116.076 by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,…

Sec. 116.101. MALODORANTS. Compressed natural gas must be odorized as provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 121, Utilities Code. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 487, ch. 99, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1999,…

Sec. 116.102. TESTING LABORATORIES. The commission shall adopt rules relating to testing of CNG and LNG equipment and to the qualifications required of the persons who are to perform those tests. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 487, ch. 99, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended b…

Sec. 116.103. WARNING TAGS. (a) An employee, agent, or inspector of the commission may declare unsafe or dangerous for service any motor vehicle required to be registered under this chapter or any CNG or LNG equipment or system that is defective or that does not otherwise conform…

Sec. 116.141. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) On request of the commission, the attorney general shall bring suit in the name of the state to enjoin a person from violating this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. (b) A suit for injunction instituted under this section is in add…

Sec. 116.142. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person who knowingly violates this chapter or rules adopted by the commission under this chapter commits an offense. (b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000. (c) Each day a violatio…

Sec. 116.143. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) If a person violates this chapter, a rule of the commission adopted under this chapter, or a term, condition, or provision of a license or registration issued by the commission under this chapter and the violation results in pollution of …

Sec. 116.144. PENALTY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE. (a) A civil penalty under Section 116.145 of this code may be assessed only after the person charged with the violation has been given an opportunity for a public hearing. (b) If a public hearing has been held, the commission shall make…

Sec. 116.145. PAYMENT OF PENALTY; REFUND. (a) On the issuance of notice or an order charging that a violation has occurred, the commission shall inform the person charged within 30 days of the proposed amount of the penalty. (b) Within the 30-day period immediately following the …

Sec. 116.146. RECOVERY OF PENALTY. Civil penalties owed under Sections 116.143 through 116.145 of this code may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general at the request of the commission. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 487, ch. 99, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 19…

Sec. 117.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (2) "Hazardous liquid" means: (A) petroleum or any petroleum product; (B) nonpetroleum fuel, including biofuel, that is flammable, toxic, or corrosive or would be harmful to the e…

Sec. 117.011. JURISDICTION UNDER DELEGATED FEDERAL AUTHORITY. (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 …

Sec. 117.012. RULES AND STANDARDS. (a) The commission shall adopt rules that include: (1) safety standards applicable to the intrastate transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide by pipeline and intrastate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline facilities; and (2)…

Sec. 117.013. RECORDS AND REPORTS. (a) Each owner or operator of a pipeline engaged in the transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide within this state shall maintain records, make reports, and provide any information the commission may require under the jurisdiction g…

Sec. 117.014. INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF RECORDS AND PROPERTY. (a) The commission and its employees and designated agents may enter property on which is located pipeline facilities or any other property relating to the transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide by p…

Sec. 117.015. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW. The commission shall make reports and certifications to the United States Department of Transportation and shall take any other actions necessary to comply with 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et seq. and its subsequent amendments or a succeedin…

Sec. 117.051. CIVIL PENALTY. A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted by the commission under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $200,000 for each act of violation and for each day of violation, provided that the maximum civil penalty that may…

Sec. 117.052. ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION AND ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) If it appears that a rule of the commission has been or is being violated, the commission may have a civil suit instituted in a district court for injunctive relief to restrain the person from continuing the violat…

Sec. 117.053. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF CHAPTER AND RULES. (a) A person who intentionally violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter commits an offense. (b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not more than $2 million, confinement in t…

Sec. 117.054. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR INJURING OR DESTROYING PIPELINE FACILITIES. (a) A person who intentionally injures or destroys or attempts to injure or destroy any pipeline facility in this state commits an offense. (b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of …

Sec. 117.101. LIMITATIONS ON POWERS OF CITIES. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, this chapter may not be construed to reduce, limit, or impair the authority provided by law to any city. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, a city may not ad…

Sec. 117.102. AUTHORITY OF CITY TO ASSESS CHARGES. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a city may not assess a charge for the placement, construction, maintenance, repair, replacement, operation, use, relocation, or removal of a hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pi…

Sec. 118.001. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PLAN FOR PIPELINE ASSESSMENT OR TESTING. (a) The Railroad Commission of Texas by rule may require an operator to file for commission approval a plan for assessment or testing of a pipeline if the commission finds that: (1) there is reason to bel…

Sec. 118.002. PIPELINES FOR WHICH PLAN MAY BE REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the rules adopted under this chapter may apply to interstate pipelines, intrastate pipelines, portions of pipeline systems the regulation of which the federal government has temporar…

Sec. 118.003. CONTENTS OF PLAN. The rules adopted under this chapter may require that a plan include: (1) an identification of risk factors associated with a pipeline system, including population density; (2) information about previous inspections and maintenance; (3) information…

Sec. 118.004. APPROVAL OF PLAN. The Railroad Commission of Texas may approve a plan that complies with rules adopted under this chapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 62, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Sec. 118.005. CONSEQUENCES OF PLAN APPROVAL. The approval of a plan by the Railroad Commission of Texas does not constitute a certification or representation that the pipeline is in compliance with or exempt from applicable safety standards. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 123…

Sec. 119.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Clean coal project" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001, Water Code. (2) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 8 (H.B. 149), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2006.

Sec. 119.002. ACQUISITION OF CARBON DIOXIDE. (a) The commission shall acquire title to carbon dioxide captured by a clean coal project. (b) The right, title, and interest in carbon dioxide acquired under this section are the property of the commission, acting on behalf of the sta…

Sec. 119.0025. MONITORING OF SEQUESTERED CARBON DIOXIDE. The Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas at Austin shall monitor, measure, and verify the permanent status of sequestered carbon dioxide in which the commission has acquired the right, title, and interest u…

Sec. 119.003. TRANSFER COSTS. Carbon dioxide transferred to the state under Section 119.002 shall be transferred to the state without cost, other than administrative and legal costs incurred in making the transfer. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 8 (H.B. 149), Sec. 1…

Sec. 119.004. LIABILITY. (a) The transfer of title to the state under Section 119.002 does not relieve an owner or operator of a clean coal project of liability for any act or omission regarding the generation of carbon dioxide performed before the carbon dioxide was captured. (b…