H.B. No. 2567




AN ACT

relating to the disposal of brine from desalination operations.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended 
by adding Section 27.021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 27.021.  PERMIT FOR DISPOSAL OF BRINE FROM DESALINATION 
OPERATIONS IN CLASS I WELLS.  (a)  The commission may issue a permit 
to dispose of brine produced by a desalination operation in a Class 
I injection well if the applicant for the permit meets all the 
statutory and regulatory requirements for the issuance of a permit 
for a Class I injection well.
	(b)  The commission by rule shall provide for public notice 
and comment on an application for a permit authorized by this 
section.  Notwithstanding Section 27.018, an application for a 
permit authorized by this section is not subject to the hearing 
requirements of Chapter 2001, Government Code.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2567 was passed by the House on May 2, 
2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2567 was passed by the Senate on May 
20, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor