Amend HB 1818 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ___. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 81.073 to read as follows:
Sec. 81.073. ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION. (a) The commission shall post on the commission's Internet website:
(1) comprehensive information regarding the commission's enforcement of this title and rules, orders, licenses, permits, and certificates issued under this title, including information regarding:
(A) inspection and enforcement activity;
(B) violations; and
(C) the amount of penalties finally assessed;
(2) information evidencing quarterly trends regarding enforcement activity by the commission, including:
(A) the number of inspections conducted;
(B) the number of violations, categorized according to the degree of severity of the violation and the statute, rule, order, license, permit, or certificate violated, for which enforcement action has been taken;
(C) the number of repeat violations determined to have been committed; and
(D) the number of violations referred to the attorney general for enforcement; and
(3) an analysis of annual trends regarding enforcement activity by the commission.
(b) Information required to be posted under this section must be:
(1) in a searchable format;
(2) organized by county, by operator or other entity, and by well, if applicable; and
(3) capable of being downloaded in bulk.
SECTION ___. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall comply with Section 81.073(b), Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2019.
SECTION ___. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall implement Section 81.073, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act, using only money that is appropriated to the commission by the General Appropriations Act for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, for public information and services and that is available to be spent for the publication on the commission's Internet website of information about the commission's inspection and enforcement activities. If the commission determines that it is not required to implement that statute because the legislature has not appropriated money available for that purpose, the commission shall notify the Legislative Budget Board of that determination.