Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB440 Compare Versions

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11 2015S0147-1 02/03/15
22 By: Burton S.B. No. 440
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the authority of a county or municipality to prohibit
88 hydraulic fracturing treatment.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended
1111 by adding Section 250.007 to read as follows:
1212 Sec. 250.007. RESTRICTION ON REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC
1313 FRACTURING TREATMENT. A county or municipality may not prohibit
1414 hydraulic fracturing treatment of oil or gas wells.
1515 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.