### OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL **OF** TEXAS **AUSTIN** 3s4flaky case where *thetaota io, ruoh aaso warrant It, the

Qo%utisafonC&F tQriaLt the uao oi addltlonal<urntItiea OSgas to lift oil, prodded all emh #m 60 used In efaeao Of ten thousand (10,000) mbio feet for e&oh barrel of 011 shall be proo8soe4 for naturalgarollne and ths residue burz~d for oarbon black when arar) 18 ropreduaed.*

You state 9 your letter that tke $~oduaer8 of tha gar talco the psition that they wll the gas, not know&$ that **mmh QHJ**  **is** to **be us&**  **Par gas**  liit In ex~88 of 20 000 oubio feet p8r barrel Of 0i.L The produoars ok&n t&at &eo they sell the gar in g@ed fsLta end loa oontrol over it8 UH after oUohml@, they am not liable ff tha gas is later uud in vioLatie ai the statute. The uiwra ot the $a# oontrnd th@* the prsbibitlon of the ututute %&I against the probuoar rpnd

nut the purohmm of thm am utilklng the 6as, and themrore olaia that they are not liable for any of the **Qianaltier** fur 

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ofthe etatut4.
fn view of the faota as outllnad **above, you**  **twk** th@ f0m3wi~ cpzistlonar

**Tm.or the**  **provlalone OS**  **atibssotlon (4)**  **af 38otlon**  **0, m61010**  **tzm,** 3fia **other reamxxt**  wrtioxa **of the**  **ooawry3-** Uon statutes, my the ocKaPliusioaproobrd qalnrt and hold rouponsible the operator or producser of a gas well it the gao produccld from muchwall, aftes delltory to P baaa tide purahaux, irr utillaed in gaaslift operation8 iti whloh the, ratio or galeused per **barrel of**  **bil Ufkd**  **oxewdr** 30,000 oublo fret per barrel1 or are thorn pro- +lslons of the statute enforolbla: against the pUr&amr 

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or theGa:as;

or ara theyWforaible a&net boththrproduobr

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in an unlawful mw.mr is responsible Sor auoh unk%wfti We,

In our opition the prohamir of tbo ga:arr who W#B it
and the producer of tba gae is alPsoresgoneibl* for 6uah mb*wfui UN, iS at&z produacrx i?artfoLl;atea or albe or **&bets b**  **ths vlaJ.atlon**  **of** the **law.**pswidae as folluws: *uiy pmoo violatinx any or the prwisioru **or** 

### thisArticleshe11be liableto a penalty not to ereeed GAeThOUkKuid

Dollare(~l,OOO) for 8.uohosf6nss, and .aoh 

### de7.soiolatioz

shall be 0 separate otsenss. &oh penalty my **be** raoorered by t!m ;tato of Texas with tha 0oat of 

## suit it a civil aotlon **ln6titUtod in**  **Tmvie County**  **OT in**  th% County where thrr violation o0%urmd by the attorney General or by the County or Dfatrlct Attorney oinnd 

### by thexttorney

Osneralor Texas)aEd any andrll olatloas or 

### tkmatead viol%tion% of thl% Artlole akay be oaJo$aed by 0.~3Courtof oampetent **Jurirdiotlon** in whiob the m&t Sor penalty racy **be** brmghtl and in %uohoaslro the Court 

### rosy iss%~e a~lqh writ8OSIr&aueti~n, 

### arandatory otprehibitory, aa the Sacta juati~rg



### 2tfols 13086

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Civilst&uter prorider

inpartaa followsr
"In addttlon to being aubjast to any torf~iture that 

### my be jxwided for by law and to any pemilty **that** w.be iqowd by th% comnriasrio& for 

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for thetiolatlon of It8 rulee,rugulations, or orden, 

### anyparwaarielatlag lrry 0r thO prwi8ions 0s w;is A0t or of Title lO2, lzariwd 

### Cirilstdxmw or %x68, 

### lssS,a8 ameLlfled,'tsr violat& any rule, regulation, or **order** of the Oomiaelon pmW.gated therewubr, shall be **mubjeat to**  a pmalt of not more #am 

### OneThw~ssnQ:3allars ($lOCC) for eaoh,&t srsryda7 or mah riolatlon, and for eaoh and er6z-y aat as'atoh vialati0n,;' ~Gy*pGon al&iry: or abetting any oth*r pawa~ Ln the rfodation of tkfs isot, or of TLtlr, IO2, Sevlad Civil
%A!tutoa of TQxaI, 1925, eo ammdod, or ot say rule, m&atlon, 02 order of the Cmmlosion 

### promulgated thermmder %&Al be %ubjnat to the 0him p8maftieO as arc) prerporibod herein **for** violntfon 

### t~mwofby any %uchather pr%cm.*
Undar the terwa of &xb%eotion 4, S%isotion 7, Artiale 5000, a -roduoer 0% %weet or sour g%%or 0aafnghrsadgslr is pedtt*ii----. 

### touse eswkgus for eaa lift inthe bona 

### fideproduotlonof oil where mmh~a% is uot u%edin ~~006%of 10,000 oubio se0t per barrelof oil produved. If the startuts ir 00artrued literally, only P preor, p-&utring gas would be **persaitted** k, u6e tha !R.ae

for gas list prp5%Q%* Boww6s, it is rid n6##111l*o to cocstrue the wcsd wproduoer*In ordar to answer yea qpstlon,

becf3~8e it is slain that no perso is authorized to u%%&a%far &es lift pwO@eet AAlelsohq e&f&e& Within **th@** tWf&S**Of t&ii3**  **6totutO.**