Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
NATURAL RESOURCES CODE |
Title 11. MISCELLANEOUS USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES |
Chapter 211. HAZARDOUS LIQUID SALT DOME STORAGE FACILITIES |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 211.002. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
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(a) This chapter does not reduce, limit, or impair the authority provided by law to any municipality, except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section.
(b) A municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or other regulation that establishes safety standards or practices applicable to hazardous liquid salt formation storage facilities that are subject to regulation by federal or state law.
(c) "Safety standards or practices" means any regulation of an activity or facility covered by this chapter or that is incompatible with the safety standards or practices enacted or adopted by federal or state government pursuant to the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, as amended.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 949, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.