AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
C.S.S.B. 105 amends current law relating to a restriction on the formation into which certain commercial disposal wells permitted by the Railroad Commission of Texas may inject oil and gas waste.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter C, Chapter 27, Water Code, by adding Section 27.038, as follows:
Sec. 21.038. RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DISPOSAL WELLS. (a) Provides that this section applies only to a commercial disposal well, as defined by the Railroad Commission of Texas (railroad commission), proposed to be located wholly or partly above a hydrocarbon-producing geological formation that underlies all or part of two counties that are adjacent to one another and each of which has a population of more than 1.8 million.
(b) Provides that a permit issued by the railroad commission for a commercial disposal well that authorizes the disposal of oil and gas waste may authorize the disposal of the waste only in the Ellenberger formation or a deeper formation.
SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective.
SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2011.