Bill Amendment: TX SB785 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to the ownership of and certain insurance policy provisions regarding the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of land.

Status: 2023-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB785 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB785-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-Sparks.html

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Amend CSSB 785 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 141.004, Natural Resources Code (page 1, lines 50 and 51) by striking Subsection (c) and substituting the following:

(c)  This section does not:

(1)  apply to minerals dissolved or otherwise contained in groundwater, including in hot brines;

(2)  change existing law regarding oil, gas, or mineral extraction regardless of its heat or energy potential; or

(3)  change existing law regarding the rights of the dominant and servient estates.