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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to treating and recycling for beneficial use certain |
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liquid or semiliquid waste arising out of or incidental to drilling |
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for or pro |
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ducing oil or gas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 122.002(1), Natural Resources Code is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) when fluid oil and gas waste is produced and |
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utilized by or transferred to a person who takes possession of that |
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waste for the purpose of treating the waste for a subsequent |
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beneficial use, the waste [transferred material] is considered to |
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be the property of the person who takes possession of it for the |
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purpose of treating the waste for subsequent beneficial use until |
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the person transfers the waste or treated waste to another person |
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for disposal or use; and |
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(2) when a person who takes possession of fluid oil and |
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gas waste for the purpose of treating the waste for a subsequent |
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beneficial use transfers possession of the treated product or any |
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treatment byproduct to another person for the purpose of subsequent |
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disposal or beneficial use, the transferred product or byproduct is |
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considered to be the property of the person to whom the material is |
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transferred. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |