Bill Text: TX SB105 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a restriction on the formation into which certain commercial disposal wells permitted by the Railroad Commission of Texas may inject oil and gas waste.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB105 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB105-Engrossed.html
| By: Davis, Nelson | S.B. No. 105 | |
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| relating to a restriction on the formation into which certain | ||
| commercial disposal wells permitted by the Railroad Commission of | ||
| Texas may inject oil and gas waste. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 27.038 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 27.038. RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DISPOSAL | ||
| WELLS. (a) This section applies only to a commercial disposal | ||
| well, as defined by the railroad commission, proposed to be located | ||
| wholly or partly above a hydrocarbon-producing geological | ||
| formation that underlies all or part of two counties: | ||
| (1) that are adjacent to one another; and | ||
| (2) each of which has a population of more than 1.8 | ||
| million. | ||
| (b) A permit issued by the railroad commission for a | ||
| commercial disposal well that authorizes the disposal of oil and | ||
| gas waste may authorize the disposal of the waste in only the | ||
| Ellenberger formation or a deeper formation. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 27.038, Water Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to a permit application pending before the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| permit issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
| the law in effect when the permit was issued, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
