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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the treatment and reuse or discharge of fluid produced |
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from oil or gas wells on which a hydraulic fracturing treatment has |
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been performed. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 91.1016 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 91.1016. TREATMENT AND REUSE OR DISCHARGE OF FLUID |
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PRODUCED FROM HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED WELL. The commission shall |
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adopt rules requiring that, to the extent practicable, flowback and |
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produced water from an oil or gas well on which a hydraulic |
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fracturing treatment has been performed be treated to a degree that |
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would allow the fluid to be: |
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(1) used to perform a hydraulic fracturing treatment |
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on another well; |
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(2) used for another beneficial purpose; or |
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(3) discharged into or adjacent to water in the state. |
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SECTION 2. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt |
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rules under Section 91.1016, Natural Resources Code, as added by |
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this Act, not later than December 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 3. Section 91.1016, Natural Resources Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to fluid produced from an oil or gas |
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well that is hydraulically fractured on or after the date the rules |
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adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas under that section take |
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effect. Fluid produced from an oil or gas well that is |
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hydraulically fractured before the date the rules adopted by the |
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Railroad Commission of Texas under that section take effect is |
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governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |