Bill Text: TX HB2201 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the location of pits used in the production of oil and gas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2201-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the location of pits used in the production of oil and gas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2201-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Ashby, Guillen | H.B. No. 2201 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2201: | |||
| By: King of Uvalde | C.S.H.B. No. 2201 | ||
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| relating to the location of pits used in the production of oil and | ||
| gas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 91.1017 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 91.1017. LOCATION OF CERTAIN PITS. The commission by | ||
| rule shall establish standards governing permissible locations for | ||
| pits used by commercial oil and gas disposal facilities. The rules | ||
| must include a history of flooding in the 10 years preceding the | ||
| construction of the pit as a factor in determining whether a | ||
| proposed location of a pit is permissible. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
