(a) The commission has jurisdiction over:
- (1) natural gas underground storage; and
- (2) surface and subsurface equipment and facilities used for natural gas underground storage.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to a storage facility that is:
- (1) part of an interstate gas pipeline facility as defined by the United States Department of Transportation; and
- (2) subject to federal minimum standards adopted under 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et seq. and its subsequent amendments or a succeeding law.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1177 (S.B. 901), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.