H.B. No. 1633
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 91, Natural Resources
  Code, is amended by adding Section 91.021 to read as follows:
         Sec. 91.021.  NOTICE OF  PERMIT TO DRILL WELL IN
  TRANSPORTATION EASEMENT. (a) In this section, "department" means
  the Texas Department of Transportation.
         (b)  The commission shall adopt rules to require that an
  application for a permit to drill an oil or gas well include an
  affirmation as to whether or not the well is located within an
  easement held by the department or within 50 yards of an easement
  held by the department.
         (c)  Not later than the 14th day after the date the
  commission receives an application for a permit to drill an oil or
  gas well that contains an affirmation that the well is located
  within an easement held by the department or within 50 yards of an
  easement held by the department, the commission shall transmit a
  copy of the application to the department.
         (d)  This section does not grant to the department any
  authority regarding the approval of an application for a permit to
  drill an oil or gas well.
         SECTION 2.  Section 91.021, Natural Resources Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to a permit application filed with the
  Railroad Commission of Texas on or after the effective date of this
  Act. A permit application filed with the commission before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
  application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1633 was passed by the House on May 8,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 6, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1633 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 4,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1633 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 22, Nays
  8.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor