Bill Amendment: TX SB367 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to drill an oil or gas well at a site adjacent to a well blowout site.

Status: 2021-05-24 - House passage as amended reported [SB367 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB367-House_Amendment_H_2_1-Craddick.html

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Amend SB 367 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 85.046, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d)  Unless expressly prohibited by a lease, deed, or other contract, an operator or lessee with the right to drill an oil or gas well on or produce or develop oil or gas from each tract independently may, under a permit issued by the commission, drill, operate, and produce oil or gas from an oil or gas well, whether or not adjacent to a well blowout site described by Section 91.118, that traverses multiple tracts in order to prevent waste, promote conservation, or protect correlative rights.