Bill Text: TX HB2140 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement by the attorney general of rules adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas requiring gas supply chain facility operators to implement measures to prepare to operate during a weather emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB2140 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2140-Introduced.html

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88R6302 ANG-F
By: Cunningham H.B. No. 2140

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement by the attorney general of rules
adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas requiring gas supply
chain facility operators to implement measures to prepare to
operate during a weather emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.044(h), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(h) If the commission determines that a person has violated
a rule adopted under this section, the commission shall notify the
attorney general of a violation that is not remedied in a reasonable
amount of time. The attorney general may [shall] initiate a suit
to recover a penalty for the violation in the manner provided by
Subchapter G.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.