By: Reynolds H.B. No. 4612       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the rights of certain parties in connection with the   performance of certain tests on certain inactive wells subject to   the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 89.026, Natural Resources Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and   (b-2) to read as follows:          (b)  At [The operator must notify the office of the   commission oil and gas division district in which an inactive well   is located at] least three days before the date on which the   operator proposes to conduct [conducts] a fluid level or hydraulic   pressure test of an inactive [the] well, the operator must notify:                (1)  the office of the commission oil and gas division   district in which the well is located;                (2)  any groundwater conservation district any portion   of the territory of which is located within three miles of the well;   and                (3)  the owner of the surface estate of the tract of   land on which the well is located.          (b-1)  An operator [and] may not conduct a [the] test under   this section without the approval of the office to which notice of   the proposed test is given under Subsection (b)(1). The commission   may require that a test be witnessed by a commission employee. A   representative of any groundwater conservation district to which   notice of a proposed test is given under Subsection (b)(2) and a   surface estate owner, or the representative of a surface estate   owner, to whom notice of a proposed test is given under Subsection   (b)(3) are entitled to witness the test.          (b-2)  An operator shall provide the results of an   unsuccessful fluid level or hydraulic pressure test conducted under   this section to any groundwater conservation district to which   notice of the test was given under Subsection (b)(2) and the surface   estate owner to whom notice of the test was given under Subsection   (b)(3).           SECTION 2.  Section 89.026, Natural Resources Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to a fluid level or hydraulic   pressure test conducted on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.