By: Darby H.B. No. 4856
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of recycled fluid oil and gas waste.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 27.202, Water Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 27.202.  JURISDICTION. The commission has exclusive
  jurisdiction over the regulation and permitting of recharge
  injection wells, including the injection of recycled fluid oil and
  gas waste that has been treated to a standard approved by the
  commission.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.