Bill Text: TX HR441 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Texas Energy Day at the State Capitol on March 7, 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR441 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR441-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 441 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Employees, advocates, and partners of the energy | ||
| industry are celebrating Texas Energy Day at the State Capitol on | ||
| March 7, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas is the number one state in the U.S. for oil and | ||
| natural gas production, refining capacity, and pipeline miles; | ||
| moreover, the state has played an important part in helping our | ||
| nation become the world's leader in oil and gas production, which | ||
| has created an unprecedented level of American energy security; the | ||
| oil and gas industry also contributes greatly to the economic | ||
| well-being of the state by directly providing approximately 443,000 | ||
| jobs, with many more jobs indirectly tied to the oil and gas sector, | ||
| and in 2022 the industry generated nearly $25 billion in taxes and | ||
| royalties that helped fund such essential infrastructure as | ||
| schools, roads, and emergency services; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2022, Texas school districts received more than | ||
| $1.5 billion in property taxes from mineral properties producing | ||
| oil and natural gas, pipelines, and gas utilities, and Texas | ||
| counties received $608 million; the oil and gas industry also paid | ||
| $1.5 billion to the Economic Stabilization Fund last year and | ||
| another $2.1 billion to the Permanent University Fund; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The state's preeminent role in energy production has | ||
| been furthered through the use of fracking and other innovative | ||
| processes; many Texas oil and natural gas companies are leading the | ||
| way in developing new technologies designed to reduce water use, | ||
| expand water reuse, and increase the use of naturally occurring | ||
| salt water in their operations; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Because of advances in technology, carbon dioxide | ||
| emissions in the United States are at some of the lowest levels in | ||
| nearly three decades, and today, natural gas production has a | ||
| smaller carbon footprint than burning coal or petroleum products; | ||
| according to the Railroad Commission of Texas, the percentage of | ||
| natural gas flared out of all the natural gas produced in Texas | ||
| decreased by 73 percent between June 2019 and May 2021, with less | ||
| than two percent of the natural gas produced in Texas flared or | ||
| vented; further, even though oil and natural gas production have | ||
| skyrocketed, in 2020, methane emissions from the industry were down | ||
| 17 percent since 1990; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Oil and natural gas are used to make the vast | ||
| majority of products and materials that we use every day, including | ||
| plastics, medicines, computers, and more, and Texas is a vital | ||
| contributor to the nation's global energy leadership; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas oil and natural gas industry plays an | ||
| essential role in securing our state and national economy and | ||
| advancing global stability, and it is indeed fitting that the Texas | ||
| energy industry and its partners be recognized for their | ||
| contributions to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize March 7, 2023, as Texas Energy Day at | ||
| the State Capitol and extend to all those participating in the event | ||
| sincere best wishes for the future. | ||
| Goldman | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 441 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 16, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
