81R38925 JJT-D
By: Watson S.R. No. 1099
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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:
Senate Rules 12.03(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.