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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disclosure of information about water used in |
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hydraulic fracturing. |
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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. DISCLOSURE OF [COMPOSITION OF] HYDRAULIC FRACTURING |
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INFORMATION [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. DISCLOSURE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WATER |
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VOLUMES. (a) The commission shall require an operator of a well on |
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which a hydraulic fracturing treatment is performed to submit to |
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the commission: |
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(1) the total volume of water used in the hydraulic |
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fracturing treatment, with the volume from each source of water |
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listed separately; |
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(2) the total volumes from all sources of fresh water, |
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brackish water, and saline water, listed by type, used in the |
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hydraulic fracturing treatment; and |
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(3) the total volume of water returning to the surface |
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after the hydraulic fracturing treatment. |
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(b) The commission shall create and maintain an Internet |
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website to collect and make available to the public the information |
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described by Subsection (a). |
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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 a well for which an initial drilling permit is issued |
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on or after the date the initial rules adopted by the Railroad |
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Commission of Texas under that section take effect. A hydraulic |
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fracturing treatment performed on a well for which an initial |
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drilling permit is issued before the date the initial rules take |
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effect is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt |
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rules under Section 91.852, Natural Resources Code, as added by |
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this Act, not later than January 1, 2016. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |