H.B. No. 1633
AN ACT
relating to application and notification requirements for a permit
to drill an oil or gas well in or near an easement held by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 91, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 91.021 to read as follows:
Sec. 91.021. NOTICE OF PERMIT TO DRILL WELL IN
TRANSPORTATION EASEMENT. (a) In this section, "department" means
the Texas Department of Transportation.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules to require that an
application for a permit to drill an oil or gas well include an
affirmation as to whether or not the well is located within an
easement held by the department or within 50 yards of an easement
held by the department.
(c) Not later than the 14th day after the date the
commission receives an application for a permit to drill an oil or
gas well that contains an affirmation that the well is located
within an easement held by the department or within 50 yards of an
easement held by the department, the commission shall transmit a
copy of the application to the department.
(d) This section does not grant to the department any
authority regarding the approval of an application for a permit to
drill an oil or gas well.
SECTION 2. Section 91.021, Natural Resources Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a permit application filed with the
Railroad Commission of Texas on or after the effective date of this
Act. A permit application filed with the commission before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1633 was passed by the House on May 8,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 6, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1633 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 4,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1633 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays
8.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor