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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of the law governing saltwater |
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pipeline facilities located in the vicinity of public roads. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 91.901(1), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Saltwater pipeline facility" means a pipeline |
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facility that conducts water that contains [containing] salt and |
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other substances and is intended to be used in drilling or operating |
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a well used in the exploration for or production of oil or gas, |
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including an injection well used for enhanced recovery operations, |
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or is produced during drilling or operating an oil, gas, or other |
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type of well. The term includes a pipeline facility that conducts |
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flowback and produced water from an oil or gas well on which a |
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hydraulic fracturing treatment has been performed to an oil and gas |
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waste disposal well for disposal. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |