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By: Darby (Senate Sponsor - Perry) |
H.B. No. 4856 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023; |
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May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by |
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the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the jurisdiction of the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality over certain recharge injection wells. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 27.201, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: |
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(1-a) "Fluid oil and gas waste" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 122.001, Natural Resources Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 27.202, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 27.202. JURISDICTION. (a) The commission has |
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exclusive jurisdiction over the regulation and permitting of |
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recharge injection wells, including recharge injection wells used |
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for the injection of fluid oil and gas waste. |
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(b) A recharge injection well may not be used for the |
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injection of fluid oil and gas waste unless the waste has been |
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treated to meet the standards adopted by the commission under this |
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subchapter. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |
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