H.R. No. 2975
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 1796 (the development of
carbon dioxide capture and sequestration in this state) to consider
and take action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(3) and (4), are suspended to
permit the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement and
not included in either the house or senate version of the bill by
adding the following SECTION to the bill:
SECTION 30. The purpose of the changes in law made by this
Act is to encourage the development of onshore and offshore
geologic storage of carbon dioxide including by encouraging the
development of advanced clean energy projects that capture carbon
dioxide and sequester not less than 50 percent of the captured
carbon dioxide in onshore or offshore geologic repositories.
Securing the necessary capacity for geologic sequestration is
essential to the success of carbon capture strategies, such as the
advanced clean energy projects facilitated by the changes in law
made by this Act. The success of the offshore repositories
facilitated by this Act depends on an adequate supply of
anthropogenic carbon dioxide, which is not currently being captured
at industrial facilities in this state. The advanced clean energy
grants established in this Act are intended to create the supply of
anthropogenic carbon dioxide necessary to the success of the
offshore repositories facilitated by this Act.
Explanation: The added language is necessary to clarify the
purpose of the provisions of the bill.
Chisum
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2975 was adopted by the House on May
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House