82R7318 TRH-D
By: Burnam H.B. No. 1556
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a drilling permit for
an oil or gas well that is proposed to be located within a specified
distance of a public school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.027 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.027. PROHIBITION ON PERMIT FOR OIL OR GAS WELL TO BE
LOCATED NEAR PUBLIC SCHOOL. The Railroad Commission of Texas may
not issue a drilling permit for an oil or gas well that is proposed
to be located less than 1,200 feet from a public school.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a drilling permit the application for which is filed with the
Railroad Commission of Texas on or after the effective date of this
Act. A drilling permit the application for which is filed with the
commission 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, 2011.