Bill Text: TX SB1641 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the location for conducting certain hearings of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB1641 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1641-Introduced.html
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By: Davis | S.B. No. 1641 |
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relating to the location for conducting certain hearings of the | ||
Railroad Commission of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.065 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.065. LOCATION FOR CONDUCTING CERTAIN HEARINGS. (a) | ||
In this section, "urban hydrocarbon-producing area" means an area | ||
consisting of the counties 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 1.4 | ||
million. | ||
(b) This section applies only to a hearing held by the | ||
commission regarding: | ||
(1) an application or other request to issue, renew, | ||
reopen, transfer, amend, extend, withdraw, suspend, revoke, | ||
terminate, or modify a permit, license, certificate, registration, | ||
or other authorization or approval under this title pertaining to | ||
an activity undertaken or to be undertaken in an urban | ||
hydrocarbon-producing area; or | ||
(2) a violation of a provision of this title or a rule, | ||
order, permit, license, certificate, registration, or other | ||
authorization or approval issued under this title occurring in an | ||
urban hydrocarbon-producing area. | ||
(c) The commission shall hold the hearing in a county | ||
located in the urban hydrocarbon-producing area. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application or other request filed with the Railroad | ||
Commission of Texas or a violation occurring on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An application or other request filed | ||
with the commission or a violation occurring before the effective | ||
date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately | ||
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |