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| 1 | - | H.B. No. 2201 | |
| 1 | + | By: Ashby, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 2201 | |
| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; | |
| 3 | + | May 4, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural | |
| 4 | + | Resources & Economic Development; May 19, 2021, reported favorably | |
| 5 | + | by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to | |
| 6 | + | printer.) | |
| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote | |
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| 10 | + | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 4 | 11 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | 12 | relating to the location of pits used in the production of oil and | |
| 6 | 13 | gas. | |
| 7 | 14 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 15 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources | |
| 9 | 16 | Code, is amended by adding Section 91.1017 to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 17 | Sec. 91.1017. LOCATION OF CERTAIN PITS. The commission by | |
| 11 | 18 | rule shall establish standards governing permissible locations for | |
| 12 | 19 | pits used by commercial oil and gas disposal facilities. The rules | |
| 13 | 20 | must include a history of flooding in the 10 years preceding the | |
| 14 | 21 | construction of the pit as a factor in determining whether a | |
| 15 | 22 | proposed location of a pit is permissible. | |
| 16 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |
| 17 | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 18 | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 19 | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2201 was passed by the House on April | |
| 20 | - | 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not | |
| 21 | - | voting. | |
| 22 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 23 | - | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 24 | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2201 was passed by the Senate on May | |
| 25 | - | 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 26 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 27 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 28 | - | APPROVED: _____________________ | |
| 29 | - | Date | |
| 30 | - | _____________________ | |
| 31 | - | Governor | |
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