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