Tex. Health & Safety Code § 382.506 · Subchapter K. OFFSHORE GEOLOGIC STORAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE
MEASURING, MONITORING, AND VERIFICATION; ROLE OF BUREAU.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The railroad commission by rule may establish standards for the measurement, monitoring, and verification of the permanent storage status of the carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide repository.
(b) The bureau shall review any measurement, monitoring, and verification of the permanent storage status of carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide repository performed by another person at the direction of the state.
(c) The bureau shall serve as a scientific advisor for the measuring, monitoring, and permanent storage status verification of the carbon dioxide repository.
(d) The bureau shall provide to the board data relating to the measurement, monitoring, and verification of the permanent storage status of the carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide repository, as determined by the board.
(e) The board may use revenue from the fee authorized by Section 382.505 to contract with the bureau to perform the functions described by this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 1796), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 460 (H.B. 1284), Sec. 3, eff. June 9, 2021.
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