Bill Text: TX SB745 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of saltwater pipelines by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-23 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB745 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB745-Introduced.html
| 82R5957 TRH-D | ||
| By: Davis | S.B. No. 745 | |
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| relating to the regulation of saltwater pipelines by the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 81.051(a), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commission has jurisdiction over all: | ||
| (1) common carrier pipelines defined in Section | ||
| 111.002 of this code in Texas; | ||
| (1-a) saltwater pipelines in Texas; | ||
| (2) oil and gas wells in Texas; | ||
| (3) persons owning or operating pipelines in Texas, | ||
| including saltwater pipelines; and | ||
| (4) persons owning or engaged in drilling or operating | ||
| oil or gas wells in Texas. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
