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      88(R) HB 4557 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
      
            88R23511 JES-F
         
		By:  Darby, Leach, Bonnen, Guillen, Landgraf
            H.B.  No.  4557
         
            Substitute the following for  H.B.  No.  4557:
         
            By:    Leach
            C.S.H.B.  No.  4557
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to liability for capturing and storing carbon dioxide.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Chapter 100B to read as follows:
         
            CHAPTER 100B.   LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CAPTURING AND STORING CARBON 
         
            DIOXIDE
         
                          Sec.  100B.001.    DEFINITIONS.   In this chapter:
         
                                      (1)    "Captured carbon dioxide" means carbon dioxide 
         
            from any source that, through human effort or means, is seized for 
         
            the purpose of sequestering the carbon dioxide with the intent of 
         
            permanently preventing the carbon dioxide from being released into 
         
            the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide that is:
         
                                                  (A)    captured from the atmosphere;
         
                                                  (B)    stripped, segregated, or divided from a fluid 
         
            stream; or
         
                                                  (C)    captured from an emissions source, including 
         
            from:
         
                                                              (i)    an advanced clean energy project as 
         
            defined by Section 382.003, Health and Safety Code;
         
                                                              (ii)    an electric generation facility; or
         
                                                              (iii)    an industrial source of emissions.
         
                                      (2)    "Carbon dioxide" means the chemical compound 
         
            composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. The term includes:
         
                                                  (A)    anthropogenic carbon dioxide;
         
                                                  (B)    naturally occurring carbon dioxide;
         
                                                  (C)    carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere; 
         
            and
         
                                                  (D)    phases, mixtures, and combinations of carbon 
         
            dioxide that include:
         
                                                              (i)    a substance incidentally derived from 
         
            the source materials for or process of capturing the carbon 
         
            dioxide;
         
                                                              (ii)    a substance added to the carbon 
         
            dioxide stream to enable or improve storage of the carbon dioxide; 
         
            and
         
                                                              (iii)    a substance incidentally captured 
         
            with carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere.
         
                                      (3)    "Claimant" means a party seeking relief, including 
         
            a plaintiff, counterclaimant, or cross-claimant, in an action 
         
            described by this chapter and who is a land or mineral owner and 
         
            party to a written agreement with the defendant related to the 
         
            party's land or minerals or the defendant's activities regarding 
         
            captured or stored carbon dioxide.
         
                                      (4)    "Defendant" means a person against whom an action 
         
            described by this chapter is brought and who is:
         
                                                  (A)    an owner or operator of:
         
                                                              (i)    a facility used to store carbon 
         
            dioxide; or
         
                                                              (ii)    a mechanism or instrumentality being 
         
            used to transport captured carbon dioxide, including a pipeline or 
         
            a tank or vessel carried by motor vehicle, watercraft, or rail; or
         
                                                  (B)    a producer of captured carbon dioxide.
         
                                      (5)    "Geologic storage" means the underground storage 
         
            of carbon dioxide in a reservoir.
         
                                      (6)    "Geologic storage facility" means the underground 
         
            reservoir, underground equipment, injection wells, and s
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Health and Safety Code 382.508 (Health and Safety Code 382)
House Committee Report:  (Health and Safety Code 382)

	88R23511 JES-F

	By: Darby, Leach, Bonnen, Guillen, Landgraf	H.B. No. 4557

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4557:

	By: Leach	C.S.H.B. No. 4557



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to liability for capturing and storing carbon dioxide.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
	amended by adding Chapter 100B to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 100B. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CAPTURING AND STORING CARBON
	DIOXIDE
	Sec. 100B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1) "Captured carbon dioxide" means carbon dioxide
	from any source that, through human effort or means, is seized for
	the purpose of sequestering the carbon dioxide with the intent of
	permanently preventing the carbon dioxide from being released into
	the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide that is:
	(A) captured from the atmosphere;
	(B) stripped, segregated, or divided from a fluid
	stream; or
	(C) captured from an emissions source, including
	from:
	(i) an advanced clean energy project as
	defined by Section 382.003, Health and Safety Code;
	(ii) an electric generation facility; or
	(iii) an industrial source of emissions.
	(2) "Carbon dioxide" means the chemical compound
	composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. The term includes:
	(A) anthropogenic carbon dioxide;
	(B) naturally occurring carbon dioxide;
	(C) carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere;
	and
	(D) phases, mixtures, and combinations of carbon
	dioxide that include:
	(i) a substance incidentally derived from
	the source materials for or process of capturing the carbon
	dioxide;
	(ii) a substance added to the carbon
	dioxide stream to enable or improve storage of the carbon dioxide;
	and
	(iii) a substance incidentally captured
	with carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere.
	(3) "Claimant" means a party seeking relief, including
	a plaintiff, counterclaimant, or cross-claimant, in an action
	described by this chapter and who is a land or mineral owner and
	party to a written agreement with the defendant related to the
	party's land or minerals or the defendant's activities regarding
	captured or stored carbon dioxide.
	(4) "Defendant" means a person against whom an action
	described by this chapter is brought and who is:
	(A) an owner or operator of:
	(i) a facility used to store carbon
	dioxide; or
	(ii) a mechanism or instrumentality being
	used to transport captured carbon dioxide, including a pipeline or
	a tank or vessel carried by motor vehicle, watercraft, or rail; or
	(B) a producer of captured carbon dioxide.
	(5) "Geologic storage" means the underground storage
	of carbon dioxide in a reservoir.
	(6) "Geologic storage facility" means the underground
	reservoir, underground equipment, injection wells, and s Statutes affected: Introduced: Health and Safety Code 382.508 (Health and Safety Code 382) House Committee Report: (Health and Safety Code 382)