Amend CSSB 1150 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 89.023(c), Natural Resources Code (page 1, line 51), strike "2040" and substitute "2042".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 89.023(f), Natural Resources Code (page 2, lines 21 through 28), and substitute the following:
(f) The commission shall adopt rules requiring each operator involved in the transfer of an inactive well to jointly submit to the commission a written affirmation stating:
(1) the well is in compliance with the requirements of this section;
(2) the transfer was a business practice performed in good faith; and
(3) the operator to whom the inactive well was transferred will ensure continued compliance with this section.
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 89.050, Natural Resources Code (page 3, lines 5 and 6), strike "Not later than the 16th anniversary of the date a well became inactive," and substitute the following:
(a) In this section, "well completion age" means the number of years following the date that the relevant well completion report is filed with the commission.
(b) For each inactive well with a well completion age of more than 15,
(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 89.050, Natural Resources Code (page 3, line 7), strike "a report" and substitute "an annual report".