A saltwater pipeline operator is entitled to install, maintain, and operate a saltwater pipeline facility through, under, along, across, or over a public road only if:
(1) the pipeline facility complies with applicable rules adopted by the Texas Transportation Commission and applicable county and municipal regulations regarding the accommodation of utility facilities on a public road or right-of-way, including regulations relating to the horizontal or vertical placement of the pipeline facility;(2) the saltwater pipeline operator ensures that the public road and associated facilities are promptly restored to their former condition of usefulness after the installation or maintenance of the pipeline facility is complete; and(3) the saltwater pipeline operator leases the right-of-way or area in which the pipeline facility is installed and pays to the applicable governmental entity the fair market value of the operator's use of the right-of-way or area, unless the operator is authorized by other law to install, maintain, and operate the pipeline facility through, under, along, across, or over the public road.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 91.902
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1408,Sec. 1, eff. 6/14/2013.