Bill Text: TX SB1990 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of information about water used in hydraulic fracturing.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1990 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1990-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 1990 | |
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| relating to the disclosure of information about water used in | ||
| hydraulic fracturing. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter S, Chapter 91, Natural | ||
| Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER S. DISCLOSURE OF [ |
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| SECTION 2. Subchapter S, Chapter 91, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 91.852 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 91.852. DISCLOSURE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WATER | ||
| VOLUMES. (a) The commission shall require an operator of a well on | ||
| which a hydraulic fracturing treatment is performed to submit to | ||
| the commission: | ||
| (1) the total volume of water used in the hydraulic | ||
| fracturing treatment, with the volume from each source of water | ||
| listed separately; | ||
| (2) the total volumes from all sources of fresh water, | ||
| brackish water, and saline water, listed by type, used in the | ||
| hydraulic fracturing treatment; and | ||
| (3) the total volume of water returning to the surface | ||
| after the hydraulic fracturing treatment. | ||
| (b) The commission shall create and maintain an Internet | ||
| website to collect and make available to the public the information | ||
| described by Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 91.852, Natural Resources Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a hydraulic fracturing treatment | ||
| performed on a well for which an initial drilling permit is issued | ||
| on or after the date the initial rules adopted by the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas under that section take effect. A hydraulic | ||
| fracturing treatment performed on a well for which an initial | ||
| drilling permit is issued before the date the initial rules take | ||
| effect 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 4. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt | ||
| rules under Section 91.852, Natural Resources Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, not later than January 1, 2016. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
