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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Utilities Code § 121.252: REGULATION OF USE OF MALODORANTS.

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  1. UTILITIES CODE
  2. TITLE 3. GAS REGULATION
  3. SUBTITLE B. REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND USE
  4. CHAPTER 121. GAS PIPELINES
  5. SUBCHAPTER F. GAS SAFETY

(a) The railroad commission, by rule as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, may:

(1) require a person, firm, or corporation subject to Section 121.251 to odorize the gas by using a malodorant agent that indicates the presence of gas by a distinctive odor;

(2) regulate the method of the use of malodorants; and

(3) direct and approve the use of containers and other equipment used in connection with malodorants.

(b) A required malodorant agent must be:

(1) nontoxic and noncorrosive; and

(2) not harmful to leather diaphragms in gas equipment.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:45Z. Source file · JSON

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