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1	1	89R3576 JAM-F
2	2	By: Turner H.B. No. 1230
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the requirement of a public hearing on certain
10	10	applications for a permit to drill an oil or gas well.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources
13	13	Code, is amended by adding Section 91.118 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 91.118. PUBLIC HEARING ON CERTAIN DRILLING PERMIT
15	15	APPLICATIONS. (a) In this section:
16	16	(1) "Child-care facility" has the meaning assigned by
17	17	Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.
18	18	(2) "Private school" means a private school, including
19	19	a parochial school, that:
20	20	(A) offers a course of instruction for students
21	21	in one or more grades from kindergarten through grade 12; and
22	22	(B) has more than 100 students enrolled and
23	23	attending courses at a single location.
24	24	(b) The commission by rule shall require an applicant for a
25	25	permit to drill a new oil or gas well to indicate on the application
26	26	whether the proposed well site is located within 1,500 feet of the
27	27	property line of a child-care facility, private school, primary or
28	28	secondary public school, or facility that is owned by a school
29	29	district and used by students enrolled in that district.
30	30	(c) The commission may not grant an application for a permit
31	31	to drill a new oil or gas well if the proposed well site is located
32	32	within 1,500 feet of the property line of a child-care facility,
33	33	private school, primary or secondary public school, or facility
34	34	that is owned by a school district and used by students enrolled in
35	35	that district unless:
36	36	(1) the commission holds a public hearing in the
37	37	county in which the proposed well site is located to receive public
38	38	comments on whether granting the permit application is in the
39	39	public interest; and
40	40	(2) the commission considers the comments received
41	41	when determining whether to grant the application.
42	42	(d) This section does not affect the authority of a
43	43	political subdivision to enact, amend, or enforce an ordinance or
44	44	other measure related to the drilling of new oil or gas wells.
45	45	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
46	46	to a permit application submitted to the Railroad Commission of
47	47	Texas on or after the effective date of the rules adopted under
48	48	Section 91.118, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act. A
49	49	permit application submitted before the effective date of the rules
50	50	adopted under Section 91.118, Natural Resources Code, as added by
51	51	this Act, is governed by the law in effect when the permit
52	52	application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
53	53	effect for that purpose.
54	54	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	55	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	56	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	57	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	58	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.