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PRIORITY LEGISLATION
HB 1552 Craddick, Tom (R) Relating to oil and gas wells that traverse multiple tracts. This bill proposes
amending section 85.046 of the Natural Resource Code governing the conservation of oil and gas. The law
allows an operator or lessee who has the right to drill an oil and gas well on multiple tracts independently to, if
approved by the RRC, drill, operate, and produce an oil and gas well that traverses multiple tracts to prevent
waste, promote conservation, and protect correlative rights. If there is no agreement among owners of royalty
and mineral interests as to the allocation of production among the tracts, the operator or lessee shall
proportionately allocate production as he reasonably believes reflects the amount produced from each tract. If
there is an agreement, the agreement prevails over the operator or lessee’s determination. An affected party has
an opportunity to apply to the RRC for a hearing where the RRC will determine whether the production
allocation under this section: 1. will harm the correlative rights of the working or royalty interest owners;
2. is necessary to prevent waste or adequately protect the correlative rights of the affected owners; and
accurately attributes to each affected interest owner its fair share of the aggregated production.
Bill History: 02-18-15 H Filed
HB 1556 Miller, Rick (R) Relating to prohibition of certain regulations by a county, municipality, or other
political subdivision.
Bill History: 02-18-15 H Filed
HB 1633 Romero, Ramon (F)(D) Relating to application and notification requirements for a permit to drill an
oil or gas well in or near an easement held by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Bill History: 02-19-15 H Filed
HB 1635 Guillen, Ryan (D) Relating to the management of groundwater, including the classification of and
the obtaining of information regarding groundwater and the formulation of desired future conditions by a
groundwater conservation district.
Bill History: 02-19-15 H Filed
HB 1637 Guillen, Ryan (D) Relating to the use of certain money deposited to the state highway fund for
transportation projects in energy-producing regions of this state.
Bill History: 02-19-15 H Filed
HB 1642 Pickett, Joe (D) Relating to the rights, remedies, and liability of certain owners and operators of
environmentally contaminated property.
Bill History: 02-19-15 H Filed
HCR 57 Anchia, Rafael (D) Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports.
Companions: SCR 13 Seliger, Kel (Identical) 2-17-15 S Filed
Bill History: 02-10-15 H Filed
SB 603 Hinojosa, Chuy(D) Relating to the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan.
Companions: HB 652 Isaac, Jason (Identical) 2-19-15 H Introduced and referred to committee on House
Environmental Regulation
Bill History: 02-17-15 S Filed
SCR 13 Seliger, Kel (R) Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports.
Companions: HCR 57 Anchia, Rafael (Identical) 2-10-15 H Filed
Bill History: 02-17-15 S Filed