Bill Text: TX HB3596 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of emissions of air contaminants from the drilling or reworking of oil or gas wells.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB3596 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3596-Introduced.html
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By: Burnam | H.B. No. 3596 |
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relating to the regulation of emissions of air contaminants from | ||
the drilling or reworking of oil or gas wells. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0202 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 382.0202. OIL AND GAS WELLS. The commission shall | ||
adopt rules to minimize emissions of air contaminants resulting | ||
from activities associated with the drilling or reworking of oil or | ||
gas wells. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2014, the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules under Section | ||
382.0202, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |