{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-121.252","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 121.252","heading":"REGULATION OF USE OF MALODORANTS.","body":"(a) The railroad commission, by rule as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, may:\n(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;\n(2) regulate the method of the use of malodorants; and\n(3) direct and approve the use of containers and other equipment used in connection with malodorants.\n(b) A required malodorant agent must be:\n(1) nontoxic and noncorrosive; and\n(2) not harmful to leather diaphragms in gas equipment.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 3. GAS REGULATION","SUBTITLE B. REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND USE","CHAPTER 121. GAS PIPELINES","SUBCHAPTER F. GAS SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.121.htm#121.252","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"59cde2597bae30886df38c7f65fa61b0bec2a6af3cc00f0a457e9730875633ed","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-121.251","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-121.253"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}