{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.502","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.502","heading":"RULES; ENFORCEMENT.","body":"(a) The railroad commission by rule may adopt standards for the location, construction, maintenance, monitoring, and operation of a carbon dioxide repository.\n(b) If the United States Environmental Protection Agency issues requirements regarding carbon dioxide sequestration, the railroad commission shall ensure that the construction, maintenance, monitoring, and operation of the carbon dioxide repository under this subchapter comply with those requirements.\n(c) Subchapter F, Chapter 27, Water Code, applies to the civil, administrative, or criminal enforcement of a rule adopted by the railroad commission under this section in the same manner as Subchapter F, Chapter 27, Water Code, applies to the civil, administrative, or criminal enforcement of a rule adopted by the railroad commission under Chapter 27, Water Code.\n(d) A penalty collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide storage trust fund established under Section 121.003, Natural Resources Code.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 1796), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 460 (H.B. 1284), Sec. 2, eff. June 9, 2021.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE C. AIR QUALITY","CHAPTER 382. CLEAN AIR ACT","SUBCHAPTER K. OFFSHORE GEOLOGIC STORAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.382.htm#382.502","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"74ec9a97e5711bcc0a050615b9718252a06fcd284f06837590156d848565125c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.501","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}