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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to imposing a fee on water used in the performance of a |
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hydraulic fracturing treatment on an oil or gas well. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter S, Chapter 91, Natural |
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Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER S. REGULATION OF [DISCLOSURE OF COMPOSITION OF] |
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HYDRAULIC FRACTURING [FLUIDS] |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter S, Chapter 91, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 91.852 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 91.852. FEE FOR USE OF WATER IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING |
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TREATMENT. (a) The commission shall charge and collect from each |
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operator of a well on which a hydraulic fracturing treatment is |
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performed a fee on the total volume of water used in the performance |
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of the hydraulic fracturing treatment as reported to the commission |
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under Section 91.851(a)(1)(B). |
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(b) The rate of the fee is 20 cents for each 1,000 gallons of |
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water used in the performance of the hydraulic fracturing |
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treatment. |
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(c) The revenue from the fee shall be deposited to the |
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credit of the water infrastructure fund. |
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SECTION 3. Section 91.852, Natural Resources Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a hydraulic fracturing treatment |
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performed on or after the date the initial rules adopted by the |
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Railroad Commission of Texas to implement that section take effect. |
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A hydraulic fracturing treatment performed before the date the |
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initial rules take effect is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt |
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rules to implement Section 91.852, Natural Resources Code, as added |
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by this Act, not later than December 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |