Bill Text: TX SB1811 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas over and a study of the upstream production, pipeline transportation, and storage of hydrogen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1811-Introduced.html
| By: Sparks | S.B. No. 1811 | |
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| relating to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas | ||
| over and a study of the upstream 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 commissioners; and | ||
| (2) nine members appointed by the commission to | ||
| represent as many different types of participants as possible, | ||
| including at least three representatives from the hydrogen | ||
| industry. | ||
| (d) A member of the council is not entitled to compensation | ||
| or reimbursement of expenses for service on the council. | ||
| (e) The council: | ||
| (1) shall study the development of hydrogen industries | ||
| in this state, including the development of upstream 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 and regulation by the commission. | ||
| (f) The council may make recommendations relating to: | ||
| (1) commission rules needed for the oversight and | ||
| regulation of upstream production, pipeline transportation, and | ||
| storage of hydrogen; and | ||
| (2) changes in statute needed to clarify the | ||
| commission's jurisdiction over upstream production, pipeline | ||
| transportation, and storage of hydrogen. | ||
| (g) The council is abolished and this section expires on | ||
| January 1, 2030. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
