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| 1 | 1 | By: Orr (Senate Sponsor - Averitt) H.B. No. 1420 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2009; | |
| 3 | 3 | May 8, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural | |
| 4 | 4 | Resources; May 23, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: | |
| 5 | 5 | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.) | |
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| 8 | 8 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 9 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 10 | relating to the regulation of the transportation of oil and gas | |
| 11 | 11 | drill cuttings; providing a criminal penalty. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 725, Transportation Code, | |
| 14 | 14 | is amended by adding Section 725.023 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 725.023. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTING OIL AND GAS | |
| 16 | 16 | DRILL CUTTINGS FROM CLOSED LOOP DRILLING WASTE OPERATIONS; OFFENSE. | |
| 17 | 17 | (a) A person commits an offense if the person or the person's agent | |
| 18 | 18 | or employee operates a motor vehicle that is used to transport a | |
| 19 | 19 | load of oil and gas drill cuttings generated from a closed loop | |
| 20 | 20 | drilling waste operation and the vehicle is not equipped and | |
| 21 | 21 | maintained in a manner that prevents the drill cuttings from | |
| 22 | 22 | escaping from the vehicle or being deposited on a public road or | |
| 23 | 23 | highway by the vehicle. | |
| 24 | 24 | (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | |
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