Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB105 by Davis (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.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would provide 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. These provisions would only apply to a disposal well proposed to be located in a county that is 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 (Dallas and Tarrant Counties).
Passage of the bill would only require minor rulemaking by the Railroad Commission, and is not expected to result in significant costs to the agency.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.