Fracking Marching Orders to Save Your City

Monday Morning Fracking Marching Orders

Fight back against the Texas Legislature’s “nuclear” attack on Texas Cities.

H.B. 40 and H.B. 539

The oil & gas industry has pulled the strings of their Austin puppets. They are using the Denton fracking ban to make a power grab on Texas cities.

H.B. 40, has a giant fracking loophole that will make the Texas Railroad Commission your city council in all matters to do with oil & gas.

H.B. 539 imposes a punishment tax on cities that attempt to protect their residents with drilling ordinances or zoning.

Option One:

Get up hella early and head to Austin to speak in opposition to H.B. 40 and H.B. 539 at the Energy Resources Committee public hearing in E2.010 at 2:00 pm.

You can save time when you arrive at the Texas Capitol to register by creating your public profile in advance

Option Two:

1. CLICK TO TAKE THIS EASY ACTION: Write the Energy Resources Committee to stop this Austin power-grab.
2. Call the Energy Resources Committee and tell they you are opposed to HB 40 and HB 539. Look over the bill authors and cosponsors. If your representative is on this list, call and tell them to drop their support. No Democrat should be supporting or voting for these bills!

HB 40 Authors:
Darby — San Angelo 713- 463-0331
Keffer – Eastland 713- 463-0656
King – Weatherford 713- 463-0738
Senfronia Thompson 713- 463-0720 – D
Rene Oliveira – Brownsville (512) 463-0640 – D rene.oliveira@house.state.tx.us

HB 40 Sponsors:
Trent Ashby – Angelina, Houston, Leon, Madison, San Augustine, Trinity (512) 463-0508
Cecli Bell – Montgomery (part) Waller (512) 463-0650
Gilbert Pena, R-Harris County (512) 463-0460
Dwayne Bohac Harris County (512) 463-0727
Davis, Sarah – Harris (512) 463-0389
Allen Fletcher – Harris (part) (512) 463-0661
Patricia Harless – Harris – (512) 463-0496
Debbie Riddle – Harris (part) – (512) 463-0572
Travis Clardy – Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk (512) 463-0592
Dale — Cedar Park, Leander, Round Rock 713- 463-0696
Dan Flynn – Hopkins, Hunt, Van Zandt – (512) 463-0880
James Frank – Archer, Baylor. Clay, Foard, Knox, Wichita (512) 463-0534
Rick Galindo – Bexar – (512) 463-0269
Bryan Hughes – Camp, Morris, Rains, Smith (part) Titus, Wood (512) 463-0271
Isaac – Blanco Hays – (512) 463-0647
Kyle Kacal – Brazos (part) Falls, Limestone, McLennan (part) Robertson
(512) 463-0412
Mark Keough – Montgomery (part) (512) 463-0797
JM Lozano – Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, San Patricio – (512) 463-0463
Mando Martinez – Hidalgo – (512) 463-0530 – D
Andrew Murr – Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton – (512) 463-0536
Paddie – Marshall 713- 463-0556
Matt Rinaldi – Dallas (part) – (512) 463-0468
Scott Sanford – Collin (part)- (512) 463-0356
Jeff Leach – Collin (part) – (512) 463-0544
Scott Turner – Collin – (512) 463-0484
Jodie Laubenberg – Collin – (512) 463-0186
Matt Schaefer – Smith (part) – (512) 463-0584
Ron Simmons – Denton (part) – (512) 463-0478
David Simpson – Gregg, Upshur – (512) 463-0750
Stuart Spitzer – Henderson (part) Kaufman – (512) 463-0458
Drew Springer – Childress, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Garza, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Kent, King, Montague, Motley, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wilbarger, Young – (512) 463-0526
Johathan Stickland – Tarrant (part) – (512) 463-0522
Tony Tinderholt – Tarrant (part) – (512) 463-0624
Bill Zedler – Tarrant – (512) 463-0374
Giovanni Capriglione Tarrant County (512) 463-0690
Matt Krause – Tarrant (part) (512) 463-0562
Landgraf – Odessa 713- 463-0546
Jason Villalba – Dallas (part) – (512) 463-0576
James White – Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Polk, Tyler – 512-463-0490
Molly White – Bell (part) – (512)463-0630
Paul Workman – Travis – (512) 463-0652

Energy Resources Committee:
Darby — San Angelo 713- 463-0331
Paddie – Marshall 713- 463-0556
Anchia – Dallas 713- 463-0746 – D
Canales – Edinburg 713- 463-0426 – D
Craddick — Midland
Dale — Cedar Park, Leander, Round Rock 713- 463-0696
Herrero — Corpus Christi 713- 463-0462 D
Keffer – Eastland 713- 463-0656
King – Weatherford 713- 463-0738
Landgraf – Odessa 713- 463-0546
Meyer – Dallas 713- 463-0367
Wu – Houston 713- 463-0492 – D
Debbie Riddle – Harris (part) – (512) 463-0572

Resources:

• Oil & Gas Industry Goes Nuclear Against Homeowners
• Texas Municipal League opposition to H.B. 40
• Texas Municipal League opposition to H.B. 539 and H.B. 540
• Local Officials to Testify at Hearing

S.B. 1165

S.B. 1165 is the companion bill to H.B. 40

Option One:

Natural Resources & Economic Development will have a public hearing in E1.012 at 9:00 am on Tuesday. Go speak in opposition

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Option Two:

YOU MUST CALL AND REGISTER YOUR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL ON MONDAY. The hearing starts first thing Tuesday morning.

S.B. 1165 Authors:
Troy Fraser (512)463-0124
Donna Campbell (512)463-0125
Kevin Eltife (512)463-0101
Eddie Lucio (512)463-0127 – D
Kel Seliger (512)463-0131

Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee Members:
Sen. Troy Fraser (512)463-0124
Craig Estes (512) 463-0130
Sen. Brian Birdwell (512) 463-0122
Sen. Bob Hall (512) 463-0102
Sen. Kelly Hancock (512) 463-0109
Sen. Juan Hinojosa (512) 463-0120
Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (512) 463-0127 – D
Sen. Robert Nichols (512) 463-0103
Sen. Kel Seliger (512) 463-0131
Sen. Carlos Uresti (512) 463-0119 – D
Sen. Judith Zaffirini (512) 463-0121 – D