Bill Text: TX HB2201 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the location of pits used in the production of oil and gas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2201-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2201 | ||
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| relating to the location of pits used in the production of oil and | ||
| gas. | ||
| 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 91.1017 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 91.1017. LOCATION OF CERTAIN PITS. The commission by | ||
| rule shall establish standards governing permissible locations for | ||
| pits used by commercial oil and gas disposal facilities. The rules | ||
| must include a history of flooding in the 10 years preceding the | ||
| construction of the pit as a factor in determining whether a | ||
| proposed location of a pit is permissible. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2201 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2201 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
