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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the maintenance of overhead electrical power lines |
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associated with oil and gas development and production; authorizing |
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an administrative penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 91, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 91.0195 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 91.0195. MAINTENANCE OF OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL POWER |
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LINES. (a) An operator of a well drilled for oil or gas shall |
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maintain in accordance with rules adopted by the commission an |
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overhead electrical distribution system line that is owned or |
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controlled by the operator and associated with operations incident |
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to oil and gas development and production. |
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(b) If the commission determines that an operator has |
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violated a rule adopted under this section on land included in an |
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oil and gas lease or connected to an oil and gas lease, the |
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commission shall assess a penalty against the operator in the |
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manner provided by Sections 81.0532 through 81.0534 for assessing |
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an administrative penalty under Section 81.0531. |
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(c) A penalty collected under this section shall be |
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deposited to the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup |
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fund as provided by Section 81.067. |
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SECTION 2. Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The fund consists of: |
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(1) proceeds from bonds and other financial security |
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required by this chapter and benefits under well-specific plugging |
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insurance policies described by Section 91.104(c) that are paid to |
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the state as contingent beneficiary of the policies, subject to the |
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refund provisions of Section 91.1091, if applicable; |
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(2) private contributions, including contributions |
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made under Section 89.084; |
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(3) expenses collected under Section 89.083; |
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(4) fees imposed under Section 85.2021; |
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(5) costs recovered under Section 91.457 or 91.459; |
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(6) proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and |
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91.115; |
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(7) interest earned on the funds deposited in the |
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fund; |
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(8) oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees |
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collected under Section 29.015, Water Code; |
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(9) costs recovered under Section 91.113(f); |
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(10) hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees |
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collected under Section 91.605; |
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(11) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil |
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collected under Section 81.116; |
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(12) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas |
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collected under Section 81.117; |
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(13) fees for a reissued certificate collected under |
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Section 91.707; |
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(14) fees collected under Section 91.1013; |
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(15) fees collected under Section 89.088; |
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(16) fees collected under Section 91.142; |
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(17) fees collected under Section 91.654; |
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(18) costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657; |
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(19) fees collected under Section 81.0521; |
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(20) fees collected under Sections 89.024 and 89.026; |
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(21) legislative appropriations; |
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(22) any surcharges collected under Section 81.070; |
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(23) fees collected under Section 91.0115; |
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(24) fees collected under Subchapter E, Chapter 121, |
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Utilities Code; |
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(25) fees collected under Section 27.0321, Water Code; |
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(26) fees collected under Section 81.071; [and] |
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(27) money collected under Section 81.021; and |
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(28) money collected under Section 91.0195. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |