Bill Text: TX HB2847 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas over and a study of the production, pipeline transportation, and storage of hydrogen.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2847 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2847-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2847 |
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relating to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas | ||
over and a study of the production, pipeline transportation, and | ||
storage of hydrogen. | ||
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; | ||
(2) oil and gas wells in Texas; | ||
(3) persons owning or operating pipelines in Texas; | ||
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(4) persons owning or engaged in drilling or operating | ||
oil or gas wells in Texas; and | ||
(5) pipeline transportation and underground storage | ||
of hydrogen. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.075 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.075. TEXAS HYDROGEN PRODUCTION POLICY COUNCIL. (a) | ||
In this section, "council" means the Texas hydrogen production | ||
policy council. | ||
(b) The Texas hydrogen production policy council is | ||
established within the commission to study and make recommendations | ||
relating to the commission's policy framework for hydrogen energy | ||
development. | ||
(c) The council is composed of: | ||
(1) the chair of the commission or the chair's | ||
designee; and | ||
(2) not more than 11 members appointed by the | ||
commission to represent as many different types of participants as | ||
possible, including at least three but not more than five | ||
representatives from the hydrogen industry. | ||
(d) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee is the | ||
chair of the council. | ||
(e) A member of the council is not entitled to compensation | ||
or reimbursement of expenses for service on the council. | ||
(f) The council: | ||
(1) shall study the development of hydrogen industries | ||
in this state, including the development of facilities for the | ||
production, pipeline transportation, and storage of hydrogen; | ||
(2) shall monitor regional efforts for the application | ||
and development of a regional clean hydrogen hub authorized under | ||
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58) or | ||
another federal act; | ||
(3) may coordinate actions with other state agencies | ||
in supporting an application for a regional clean hydrogen hub | ||
described by Subdivision (2); and | ||
(4) shall develop a state plan for hydrogen production | ||
oversight by the commission. | ||
(g) The council shall make recommendations to the | ||
legislature relating to legislative changes needed for the | ||
oversight and regulation of production, pipeline transportation, | ||
and storage of hydrogen. | ||
(h) The council is abolished and this section expires on | ||
January 1, 2030. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2847 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2847 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 5, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2847 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |