OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**

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Hon. Jerry Sadler, Kexbar

Ratlrond Comnissioa of Texas Auatln, Texae

cpicioa x0. o-19 Re: Porel!OS Fla rescind, UJS ration ords

1940, you 8et out allroud 0ommlaaion 39, dnd the proca~lusIoil of Texas the opinfbn of thfs department up lindicge ma& by

te ormxas, uwm3.m 

## na the Order of January le produotlon of oil !iMca8.,and edopt anew pPoduotlon ot elk In B 03 the b&3ila Of t&6 tithout atiling a ImarAgain, aan the

### Pel,&mad Corsrlltaslon View at the 

### provlelons ot the Ozdaf* hexeimibovs refermU to, actlry within the Sate of Texas, a QuQrtm thehoi being’ T went, enter a vtiid promtion order eubrrtantial myQ$.CCeredt to its Order of Januarp 84, 194,C,tieeinabovq 

### r&ferrsld to, fixing the Ltwunt of 09.1that imy &6 produced fmn the tarbus 

### f$e,lds in TBxas 1”~thy abseaoe **02** a i3eetlng ou3&4 bp the RaiUoa4 Oomi~sion for euab,purpoas ana t%m irsuunee ot notice tbtwmf to aZ1 interertcrd parties?

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EOR. Jerry Sadler, iLaCe2

Third: ShoouldtileZailrocd Coxmlseion of Texas by projjSTrder, duly re5cizd its Order of Jauuary 24'SlW&, fixl;igt.heallowable cil production for the various ZleldJ in Term, con Itby3rGer reiastate fts Order of 3ece:~fiber 2?, 1P39, flxir:~the amount Of Oil tktitCkiLl jJ%FU3d;ICOd f;-072 tk% VaviOU3 ii81ds within the State rf Texzs -xitho~t cni1i.q whearing for suck purpose aDd lame anot&e oi **3u.ch** hearing to ~11 interested parties'" The statute relating to tha yromlCat3.05 cfrules, r.e@ations and orders by the Railroad Coxz~lssio~ with respect to t:;econservation of oil and gas end the prevention ofwaste is Artlolo 6036e, Vernon's flevised Civil Statutes, which reeds as follows:

*No rule, regulation or order shall be adopted by the Corszlssion under the r;rovial.ims of this hat or of Title 102 Of the ReVi58d CiVil 3tatUtes OZ. Texas, 1925; as ammdad, dealla~ with the oonssrvation ci 011 aad~gas and the prevention of the waste ~ther,eof,exoept aiter heari% upon at leaet te: (10) day5 zotloe Civet in themanner ahd form &reaeribed by the Cozdasicn; Frov?bed tkat in case an quergency is ioussl by the Com~issioc t.oexiet which, in its .juQm%nt requires th8~aetkicC of a rule, regulation or order without notice and henink;,snoh 

### emirgeaaymile, regulation or order crap be prosulgetcd and &all have the sezm validity as if ahear@ lath respect tr:the salnehad bean !zeldefter due sbtlae. The ener.p3ncy rule, rewlatton or orGer authorized herein shall rema$a la force no longer than firteen (151 days fro15its effective date, and, In any event, it shall 

### expire 

### whenthe rule, regulation. or 

### ordersade after due notice and hearlzg with rsspeot to the subjeot mcrtter of~suoh euergeuay rule, regulation or order be&xnes effeat~ve. litheCozrafseion may, without prior notfee, rerake any ruls, regulation or or0er Iprozul.gat& bp it;ariditmay, w/t&out prior notice, amend the same, provided the subjeot raattsr of the %aend?aeiit was ooonsldered at the hearia% xde th,ebasis $oz such rule, regulation or order. The renewal or extension of szp rule, regulation or order shall be base6 upon e hwming aftar proper notlbe, eub- &at to the 

### provisions of this Seotlon with 

### referenae to energeisncyrules, regulationa and

### ord%rsrwIt ~311 be saen thrt.t?iaetstuta leys down thr

general mle that no rule, re&:latlon or ortierdeellw with conservetlon of 011 or ras can 

### be entered by the Railroad 

### ~oml~~lon~ or remwed or extended by It, except otter hearing upon tsn deys 

### notlca to InteresteC parties.

It will further 

### be observed, however, that tr?Ls general rule 1ssubject tothe following etatutory except1ona:
1. The Co~mIesIon, without notloe and hearing, may revoke or resclnc? any rule, regulation or order promulgated 

### by It. The revocation orresoleslon of such order would 

### leers no

### order, rule or regulation In effect with respeet to the subject matter,
2. Tf the CarmIssIon finds an emergenay to exist requiring it, itmay enter en e,mrgenoy rule, regulation or or& derwithout ahearing; but such emergency order w&l1 ,beeffeetire for only 15

### days and will IB any event beuoms Ineffeotlre when arule, regulation or order Is entered 

### bythe Commission with respect 

### to the same subject matter followlng notlte and hearing.
3. An order previously ente~red by the Commlesion fol1owIbg notloe and heering may 

### be ahanged 

### or modified byamendment, If the 

### subjeot matter 

### of the amend-eat waa aoneldered at the hearing which was the

### basis for the orIgInal order promul

### geted by the Coztilasl~n, without 

### e~dd1tIoae.l notice endhearing es econdition precedent to the right to make euoh amendment.
'4. The statutory eracaptions mentioned above 

### nmaeure and limit the rlgbt of the Co"3~isslon to

### revoke or resOiBd Its order, **promulgate** a **new** order, or amend lta existing order, without notlce and heerlne;.

1.fthe order to

### be entered In

### lieu of the January Z4, 1940, order does not fall wlthln the eetegory of an emergency order, or If it la tobe made as 

### ana.mendsent of the January 24, 1940, 

### order, 

### andthe subject matter thereof was not eonsld

### ered at the heerlng which was the basis for tbe January 24, 1940, order, suah order cannot be entered without notice and hearing. Whether under the facts the propaatee order falle within either of

### these ciategorlee, so that Itmay be promulgated with&t notice and hearing, 

### le anaRtterwhloh addreaaes Itself to the consideration of the CO~ISSIO~ 

### as suoh, aad vthiohoannot 

### be deteralned by this department upon the

### basid of the

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Hon. Jerry Aadler, Page 4

iniormatlon submlttod inyour request.

Xe trust that the forego& aatlsraotorily a?spers your Inquiry.

Yours very truly ATTORk?Ey C!:iB;llAL OF TX:ZAJ

By ,&f?Lg?M

R. '8.~alrohllb

Assistant Ri'lF:pbp

APPROVEDF- 10, 1940
5.ibu4u.A ATTORNEY GENERAL 03'TEXAS