{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-121.214","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 121.214","heading":"PIPELINE INCIDENT REPORTING AND RECORDS.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Distribution gas pipeline facility\" means a pipeline facility that distributes gas directly to end use customers.\n(2) \"Pipeline incident\" means an event involving a release of gas from a pipeline that:\n(A) under federal regulations, gives rise to a duty of a distribution gas pipeline facility operator to report the event to a federal agency; or\n(B) results in one or more of the following consequences:\n(i) a death or a personal injury necessitating in-patient hospitalization;\n(ii) estimated property damage greater than or equal to the greater of:\n(a) $50,000, including loss to the operator, loss to others, or both, but excluding cost of gas lost; or\n(b) an amount under federal regulations that gives rise to the duty of a distribution gas pipeline facility operator to report the event to a federal agency; or\n(iii) unintentional estimated gas loss of three million cubic feet or more.\n(3) \"State record\" has the meaning assigned by Section 441.180, Government Code.\n(b) The railroad commission by rule shall require a distribution gas pipeline facility operator, after a pipeline incident involving the operator's pipelines, to:\n(1) notify the commission of the incident before the expiration of one hour following the operator's discovery of the incident;\n(2) provide the following information to the commission before the expiration of one hour following the operator's discovery of the incident:\n(A) the pipeline operator's name and telephone number;\n(B) the location of the incident;\n(C) the time of the incident; and\n(D) the telephone number of the operator's on-site person; and\n(3) provide the following information to the commission when the information is known by the operator:\n(A) the fatalities and personal injuries caused by the incident;\n(B) the cost of gas lost;\n(C) estimated property damage to the operator and others;\n(D) any other significant facts relevant to the incident, including facts related to ignition, explosion, rerouting of traffic, evacuation of a building, and media interest; and\n(E) other information required under federal regulations to be provided to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or a successor agency after a pipeline incident or similar incident.\n(c) The railroad commission shall retain state records of the railroad commission regarding a pipeline incident perpetually.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1048 (H.B. 864), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1167 (H.B. 4042), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 3. GAS REGULATION","SUBTITLE B. REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND USE","CHAPTER 121. GAS PIPELINES","SUBCHAPTER E. PIPELINE SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.121.htm#121.214","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"f0c695f9be9813d67ffc62c2fb96aafd155984cfa1ef0bd5dbddfb6a92fdfc88","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-121.213","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-121.251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}