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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to |
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| 8 | 7 | | drill an oil or gas well at a site adjacent to a well blowout site. |
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| 9 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources |
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| 11 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 91.118 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | Sec. 91.118. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR WELL ADJACENT TO |
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| 13 | 12 | | WELL BLOWOUT SITE IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) The commission by rule |
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| 14 | 13 | | shall require that an applicant for a permit to drill an oil or gas |
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| 15 | 14 | | well in a county with a population of more than 750,000 disclose to |
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| 16 | 15 | | the commission in the application that the applicant was the |
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| 17 | 16 | | operator of an oil or gas well: |
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| 18 | 17 | | (1) located at a site adjacent to the site of the |
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| 19 | 18 | | proposed well; |
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| 20 | 19 | | (2) drilled through or into the same formations as the |
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| 21 | 20 | | proposed well is to be drilled; and |
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| 22 | 21 | | (3) from which an uncontrolled release of a |
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| 23 | 22 | | subterranean fluid containing oil, gas, or condensate or of a well |
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| 24 | 23 | | fluid that is caused by a loss of well control occurred while the |
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| 25 | 24 | | applicant operated the oil or gas well. |
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| 26 | 25 | | (b) The rules may include criteria for determining whether a |
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| 27 | 26 | | site is adjacent to another site for the purposes of this section. |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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