By: Darby H.B. No. 3246
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to treating and recycling for beneficial use certain
liquid or semiliquid waste arising out of or incidental to drilling
for or pro
ducing oil or gas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 122.002(1), Natural Resources Code is
amended to read as follows:
(1) when fluid oil and gas waste is produced and
utilized by or transferred to a person who takes possession of that
waste for the purpose of treating the waste for a subsequent
beneficial use, the waste [transferred material] is considered to
be the property of the person who takes possession of it for the
purpose of treating the waste for subsequent beneficial use until
the person transfers the waste or treated waste to another person
for disposal or use; and
(2) when a person who takes possession of fluid oil and
gas waste for the purpose of treating the waste for a subsequent
beneficial use transfers possession of the treated product or any
treatment byproduct to another person for the purpose of subsequent
disposal or beneficial use, the transferred product or byproduct is
considered to be the property of the person to whom the material is
transferred.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.