89R12976 JAM-D     By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 4495       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the spacing and density requirements applicable to   certain oil and gas wells.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Natural Resources   Code, is amended by adding Section 85.0555 to read as follows:          Sec. 85.0555.  DENSITY AND SPACING OF CERTAIN WELLS   AFFECTING RANCHING. The commission by rule shall adopt minimum   distance requirements or other standards for oil and gas wells in   areas where proration units have not been established to provide   for a standard development pattern of not more than one well for   each 640 acres of land on which an active ranching operation is   located.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.