89R12976 JAM-D
By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 4495
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the spacing and density requirements applicable to
certain oil and gas wells.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 85.0555 to read as follows:
Sec. 85.0555. DENSITY AND SPACING OF CERTAIN WELLS
AFFECTING RANCHING. The commission by rule shall adopt minimum
distance requirements or other standards for oil and gas wells in
areas where proration units have not been established to provide
for a standard development pattern of not more than one well for
each 640 acres of land on which an active ranching operation is
located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.