89R1669 JAM-D     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 2255       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the rights of the owner of the surface of the land on   which certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the   Railroad Commission of Texas are located in connection with the   performance of certain tests on the well.          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 Subsection (b-1) 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; and                (2)  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   surface estate owner to whom notice of a proposed test is given   under Subsection (b)(2) is entitled to witness the test.          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.