81R1720 TRH-D
By: Estes S.B. No. 540
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of an application for a permit to dispose of oil
and gas waste in a disposal well.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 27.034, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In connection with an application for a permit to
dispose of oil and gas waste in a disposal well, the rules adopted
under Subsection (a) must, at a minimum:
(1) require the applicant to give notice of the
application to any groundwater conservation district in which the
well is proposed to be located; and
(2) provide any groundwater conservation district
that receives notice of the application at least 30 days after the
date of receipt of the notice to request a public hearing on the
application.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a permit to dispose of oil and gas waste that
is filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application filed before the
effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the
date the application is filed, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.