Bill Text: TX SB568 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the posting by the Railroad Commission of Texas on its Internet website of certain enforcement information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB568-Comm_Sub.html
By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 568 | |
(In the Senate - Filed January 20, 2017; February 8, 2017, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & | ||
Economic Development; April 27, 2017, reported adversely, with | ||
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, | ||
Nays 2, 2 present not voting; April 27, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 568 | By: Rodríguez |
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relating to the posting by the Railroad Commission of Texas on its | ||
Internet website of certain enforcement information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.071 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.071. ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION. (a) The commission | ||
shall post on the commission's Internet website: | ||
(1) comprehensive information regarding the | ||
commission's enforcement of this title and rules, orders, licenses, | ||
permits, and certificates issued under this title, including | ||
information regarding: | ||
(A) inspection and enforcement activity; | ||
(B) violations; and | ||
(C) the amount of penalties finally assessed; | ||
(2) information evidencing quarterly trends regarding | ||
enforcement activity by the commission, including: | ||
(A) the number of inspections conducted; | ||
(B) the number of violations, categorized | ||
according to the degree of severity of the violation and the | ||
statute, rule, order, license, permit, or certificate violated, for | ||
which enforcement action has been taken; | ||
(C) the number of repeat violations determined to | ||
have been committed; and | ||
(D) the number of violations referred to the | ||
attorney general for enforcement; and | ||
(3) an analysis of annual trends regarding enforcement | ||
activity by the commission. | ||
(b) Information required to be posted under this section | ||
must be: | ||
(1) in a searchable format; | ||
(2) organized by county, by operator or other entity, | ||
and by well, if applicable; and | ||
(3) capable of being downloaded in bulk. | ||
SECTION 2. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall comply | ||
with Section 81.071(b), Natural Resources Code, as added by this | ||
Act, not later than January 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 3. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall implement | ||
Section 81.071, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act, using | ||
only money that is appropriated to the commission by the General | ||
Appropriations Act for the state fiscal biennium beginning | ||
September 1, 2017, for public information and services and that is | ||
available to be spent for the publication on the commission's | ||
Internet website of information about the commission's inspection | ||
and enforcement activities. If the commission determines that it | ||
is not required to implement that statute because the legislature | ||
has not appropriated money available for that purpose, the | ||
commission shall notify the Legislative Budget Board of that | ||
determination. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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