Bill Text: TX SB185 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure requirements regarding certain oil or gas well accidents.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Referred to Energy Resources [SB185 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB185-Engrossed.html
| By: Miles | S.B. No. 185 | |
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| relating to disclosure requirements regarding certain oil or gas | ||
| well accidents. | ||
| 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 91.118 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 91.118. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR WELL ADJACENT TO | ||
| WELL BLOWOUT SITE IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) The commission by rule | ||
| shall require that an applicant for a permit to drill an oil or gas | ||
| well in a county with a population of more than 750,000 disclose to | ||
| the commission in the application that the applicant was the | ||
| operator of an oil or gas well: | ||
| (1) located at a site adjacent to the site of the | ||
| proposed well; | ||
| (2) drilled through or into the same formations as the | ||
| proposed well is to be drilled; and | ||
| (3) from which an uncontrolled release of a | ||
| subterranean fluid containing oil, gas, or condensate or of a well | ||
| fluid caused by a loss of well control occurred while the applicant | ||
| operated the oil or gas well. | ||
| (b) The rules may include criteria for determining whether a | ||
| site is adjacent to another site for the purposes of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
