89R9368 ANG-D
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3091
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of
injection wells used to dispose of oil and gas waste; authorizing a
fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 27.031, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 27.031. PERMIT FROM RAILROAD COMMISSION; REPORT. (a)
No person may continue using a disposal well or begin drilling a
disposal well or converting an existing well into a disposal well to
dispose of oil and gas waste without first obtaining a permit from
the railroad commission.
(b) The railroad commission shall require a permit holder to
provide the commission with a daily report regarding:
(1) the amount of produced water injected into the
disposal well; and
(2) the surface injection pressure data taken from the
disposal well.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended
by adding Sections 27.0311 and 27.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 27.0311. FEE. (a) For each injection well issued a
permit, the railroad commission shall impose a fee of:
(1) one cent per barrel of oil and gas waste injected
if the oil and gas waste is produced within the commission oil and
gas division district in which the injection well is located; or
(2) ten cents per barrel of oil and gas waste injected
if the oil and gas waste is not produced within the commission oil
and gas division district in which the injection well is located.
(b) A fee collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited
in the injection and abandoned wells cleanup fund under Section
27.038.
Sec. 27.038. INJECTION AND ABANDONED WELLS CLEANUP FUND.
(a) The injection and abandoned wells cleanup fund is created as an
account in the general revenue fund of the state treasury.
(b) The fund consists of fees collected under Section
27.0311.
(c) Money in the injection and abandoned wells cleanup fund
may be used by the railroad commission or its employees or agents
only to fund projects related to researching:
(1) the reuse and treatment for reuse of produced
water; and
(2) the surface remediation and plugging of abandoned
wells.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.