83rd Texas Legislature Regular Session, January 15, 2013
CEC is sharing information during the session about what bills our member groups and readers are tracking. More information is available at cechouston.org/category/texas-legislature/.
As of January 15, 2013, 626 bills have been filed by the House (up from 438) and 176 bills have been filed by the Senate (up from 152). Learn more at http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Reports/General.aspx.
The following are bills (SB=Senate Bill, HB=House Bill, and HJR=House Joint Resolution) which may be of interest to the region’s environmental community and which have been filed in the past week:
- SB 170: Relating to building code standards for new residential construction in the unincorporated area of a county.
- HB 378: Relating to the development of a climate adaptation plan by certain entities.
- HB 379: Relating to the imposition of a fee on oil and gas waste disposed of by injection in a commercial injection well permitted by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
- HB 380: Relating to safety requirements applicable to gas pipelines in certain counties.
- HB 412: Relating to the punishment for a false affiliation with a charitable organization or a false claim of a charitable purpose in the course of committing certain crimes.
- HB 419: Relating to designating the first Friday in November as Texas Arbor Day.
- HB 426: Relating to the regulatory analysis of rules proposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
- HB 448: Relating to a requirement that the operator of an oil or gas well on which a hydraulic fracturing treatment is to be performed mail a list of the chemicals to be used in the treatment to persons residing near the well.
- HB 449: Relating to restrictions on xeriscaping by property owners’ associations and certain political subdivisions.
- HB 450: Relating to the designation of a state climatologist.
No further actions have been taken on bills identified in CEC updates.