Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 81(R)

House Bill 472

House Author:  Hilderbran

Effective:  9-1-09

Senate Sponsor:  Hinojosa


            House Bill 472 amends the Natural Resources Code to authorize, rather than prohibit, the use of money in the oil-field cleanup fund to implement provisions relating to the contamination report and to limit the amount of money the Railroad Commission of Texas may use for that purpose to no more than the amount of money in the fund that is derived from certain reporting fees collected from common carriers or owners or operators of pipelines.