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TX Nat Res Code § 81.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle A - Administration|Chapter 81 - Railroad Commission of Texas|Subchapter F. Campaigning|Section 81.153. Setting Civil Complaint for Hearing

Sec. 81.153.  SETTING CIVIL COMPLAINT FOR HEARING.  If a citizen of this state files a civil complaint with a district court in Travis County charging an employee with use of his time or a state-owned automobile for campaign purposes or to further the candidacy of his employer or any other candidate for state office, the court shall set the complaint for hearing at a time not less than 10 nor more than 20 days after the day on which the complaint is filed.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2511, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 81.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle A - Administration|Chapter 81 - Railroad Commission of Texas|Subchapter F. Campaigning|Section 81.154. Notice to Employee

Sec. 81.154.  NOTICE TO EMPLOYEE.  The court shall have notice of the hearing served on the employee against whom the complaint was filed at least five days before the date of the hearing.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2511, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 81.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle A - Administration|Chapter 81 - Railroad Commission of Texas|Subchapter F. Campaigning|Section 81.155. Court's Order

Sec. 81.155.  COURT'S ORDER.  At the hearing, if the court determines that the employee has used his time or a state-owned automobile as charged in the complaint, the court shall certify the fact to the department, agency, or commission which employs the person and order the employee's immediate discharge.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2511, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 81.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle A - Administration|Chapter 81 - Railroad Commission of Texas|Subchapter F. Campaigning|Section 81.156. Appeal

Sec. 81.156.  APPEAL.  Any person against whom charges have been filed is entitled to appeal to the court of appeals, but the pendency of the appeal does not suspend his discharge.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2512, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 799, ch. 291, Sec. 91, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter B. Administrative Provisions|Section 85.011. Supervisors, Deputy Supervisors, and Umpires

Sec. 85.011.  SUPERVISORS, DEPUTY SUPERVISORS, AND UMPIRES.  The commission shall employ all supervisors, deputy supervisors, and umpires necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and other related laws and rules and orders of the commission.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2515, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter B. Administrative Provisions|Section 85.012. Assistants and Clerical Help

Sec. 85.012.  ASSISTANTS AND CLERICAL HELP.  The commission shall employ other assistants and clerical help necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and other related laws and rules and orders of the commission.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2515, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter B. Administrative Provisions|Section 85.013. Persons Enforcing Rules and Orders

Sec. 85.013.  PERSONS ENFORCING RULES AND ORDERS.  A person entrusted with the enforcement of the rules and orders of the commission shall be a regular employee of the state and paid by the state.  No person other than a regular employee of the state may be charged with or relied on for the performance of these duties.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2516, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.041. Acts Prohibited in Violation of Laws, Rules, and Orders

Sec. 85.041.  ACTS PROHIBITED IN VIOLATION OF LAWS, RULES, AND ORDERS.  (a)  The purchase, acquisition, or sale, or the transporting, refining, processing, or handling in any other way, of oil or gas, produced in whole or in part in violation of any oil or gas conservation statute of this state or of any rule or order of the commission under such a statute, is prohibited.(b)  The purchase, acquisition, or sale, or the transporting, refining, processing, or handling in any other way, of any product of oil or gas which is derived in whole or in part from oil or gas or any product of either, which was in whole or part produced, purchased, acquired, sold, transported, refined, processed, or handled in any other way, in violation of any oil or gas conservation statute of this state, or of any rule or order of the commission under such a statute, is prohibited.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2516, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.042. Rules and Orders

Sec. 85.042.  RULES AND ORDERS.  (a)  The commission may promulgate and enforce rules and orders necessary to carry into effect the provisions of Section 85.041 of this code and to prevent that section's violation.(b)  When necessary, the commission shall make and enforce rules either general in their nature or applicable to particular fields for the prevention of actual waste of oil or operations in the field dangerous to life or property.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2516, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.043. Application of Certain Rules and Orders

Sec. 85.043.  APPLICATION OF CERTAIN RULES AND ORDERS.  If the commission requires a showing that refined products were manufactured from oil legally produced, the requirement shall be of uniform application throughout the state; provided that, if the rule or order is promulgated for the purpose of controlling a condition in any local area or preventing a violation in any local area, then on the complaint of a person that the same or similar conditions exist in some other local area and the promulgation and enforcement of the rule could be beneficially applied to that additional area, the commission may determine whether or not those conditions do exist, and if it is shown that they do, the rule or order may be enlarged to include the additional area.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2516, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 346 (S.B. 1175), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.044. Exempt Purchases

Sec. 85.044.  EXEMPT PURCHASES.  The provisions of Sections 85.041 through 85.043 of this code do not apply to the purchase of products of oil if made by the ultimate consumer from a retail distributor of the products.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2516, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.045. Waste Illegal and Prohibited

Sec. 85.045.  WASTE ILLEGAL AND PROHIBITED.  The production, storage, or transportation of oil or gas in a manner, in an amount, or under conditions that constitute waste is unlawful and is prohibited.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2517, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.047. Exclusion From Definition of Waste

Sec. 85.047.  EXCLUSION FROM DEFINITION OF WASTE.  The use of gas produced from an oil well within the permitted gas-oil ratio for manufacture of natural gasoline shall not be included in the definition of waste.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2517, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.048 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.048. Authority to Limit Production

Sec. 85.048.  AUTHORITY TO LIMIT PRODUCTION.  (a)  Under the provisions of Subsection (10), Section 85.046 of this code, the commission shall not restrict the production of oil from any new field brought into production by exploration until the total production from that field is 10,000 barrels of oil a day in the aggregate.(b)  The commission's authority to restrict production from a new field under other provisions of Section 85.046 of this code is not limited by this section.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2517, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.049 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.049. Hearing

Sec. 85.049.  HEARING.  (a)  On verified complaint of any person interested in the subject matter that waste of oil or gas is taking place in this state or is reasonably imminent, or on its own initiative, the commission, after proper notice, may hold a hearing to determine whether or not waste is taking place or is reasonably imminent and if any rule or order should be adopted or if any other action should be taken to correct, prevent, or lessen the waste.(b)  The hearing shall be held at the time and place determined by the commission.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2517, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.050 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.050. Procedure at Hearing

Sec. 85.050.  PROCEDURE AT HEARING.  (a)  At the hearing, interested parties shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence and require the attendance of witnesses.(b)  The production of evidence may be required as provided by law.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2518, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.051. Adoption of Rule or Order

Sec. 85.051.  ADOPTION OF RULE OR ORDER.  If the commission finds at the hearing that waste is taking place or is reasonably imminent, it shall adopt a rule or order in the manner provided by law as it considers reasonably required to correct, prevent, or lessen the waste.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2518, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.052. Compliance With Rule or Order

Sec. 85.052.  COMPLIANCE WITH RULE OR ORDER.  From and after the promulgation of a rule or order of the commission, it is the duty of each person affected by the rule or order to comply with it.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2518, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.053. Distribution, Proration, and Apportionment of Allowable Production

Sec. 85.053.  DISTRIBUTION, PRORATION, AND APPORTIONMENT OF ALLOWABLE PRODUCTION.  (a)  If a rule or order of the commission limits or fixes in a pool or portion of a pool the production of oil, or the production of gas from wells producing gas only, the commission, on written complaint by an affected party or on its own initiative and after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, shall distribute, prorate, or otherwise apportion or allocate the allowable production among the various producers on a reasonable basis if the commission finds that action to be necessary to:(1)  prevent waste; or(2)  adjust the correlative rights and opportunities of each owner of oil or gas in a common reservoir to produce and use or sell the oil or gas as permitted in this chapter.(b)  When, as provided in Subsection (b) of Section 85.046 or Subsection (b) of Section 86.012 of this code, as amended, the commission has permitted production by commingling oil or gas or oil and gas from multiple stratigraphic or lenticular accumulations of oil or gas or oil and gas, the commission may distribute, prorate, apportion, or allocate the production of such commingled separate multiple stratigraphic or lenticular accumulations of oil or gas or oil and gas as if they were a single pool;  provided, however, that:(i)  such commingling shall not cause the allocation of allowable production from a well producing from any separate accumulation or accumulations to be less than that which would result from the commission applying the provisions of Section 86.095 of this code to such accumulation or accumulations;  and(ii)  the allocation of the allowable for such commingled production shall be based on not less than two factors which the Railroad Commission shall take into account as directed by Section 86.089 of this code.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2518, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2578, ch. 688, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1981;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 435, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 346 (S.B. 1175), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.054. Allowable Production of Oil

Sec. 85.054.  ALLOWABLE PRODUCTION OF OIL.  (a)  To prevent unreasonable discrimination in favor of one pool as against another, and on written complaint and proof of such discrimination or if the commission on its own initiative finds such an action to be necessary, the commission may allocate or apportion the allowable production of oil on a fair and reasonable basis among the various pools in the state.(b)  In allocating or ascertaining the reasonable market demand for the entire state, the reasonable market demand of one pool shall not be discriminated against in favor of another pool.(c)  The commission may determine the reasonable market demand of the respective pool as the basis for determining the allotments to be assigned to the respective pool so that discrimination may be prevented.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2518, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 346 (S.B. 1175), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.058. Commission Inquiry and Determination

Sec. 85.058.  COMMISSION INQUIRY AND DETERMINATION.  From time to time, the commission may inquire into the production, storage, transportation, refining, reclaiming, treating, marketing, and processing of oil and gas, and the reasonable market demand for oil and gas, so that it may determine whether or not waste exists or is imminent or whether the oil and gas conservation laws of this state or the rules and orders of the commission promulgated under those laws are being violated.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2519, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 346 (S.B. 1175), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.059. Records

Sec. 85.059.  RECORDS.  Each person who produces, stores, transports, refines, reclaims, treats, markets, or processes oil or gas or the products of either shall keep in this state accurate records of the amount of oil or gas which such person produced, stored, transported, refined, reclaimed, treated, marketed, or processed and of the source from which the person produced, obtained, or received the oil or gas or the products of either and the disposition made of them.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2519, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.060. Sworn Statements and Reports

Sec. 85.060.  SWORN STATEMENTS AND REPORTS.  The commission may require a person who produces, stores, transports, refines, reclaims, treats, markets, or processes oil or gas or the products of either to make and file with the commission sworn statements or reports as to facts within his knowledge or possession pertaining to the reasonable market demand for oil and to the production, storage, transportation, refining, reclaiming, treating, marketing, or processing of oil or gas and the products of either.  The report shall include those facts enumerated in Section 85.059 of this code.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2519, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.061. Inspection and Gauging

Sec. 85.061.  INSPECTION AND GAUGING.  The commission may require any well, lease, refinery, plant, tank or storage, pipeline, or gathering line that belongs to or is under the control of a person who produces, stores, transports, refines, reclaims, treats, markets, or processes oil or gas or the products of either to be inspected or gauged by the agents of the commission whenever and as often as and for such periods as the commission considers necessary.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2519, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.062. Examination of Books and Records

Sec. 85.062.  EXAMINATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS.  The commission and its agents and the attorney general and his assistants and representatives may examine the books and records of a person who produces, stores, transports, refines, reclaims, treats, markets, or processes oil or gas or the products of either as often as considered necessary for the purpose of determining the facts concerning matters covered by Sections 85.058 through 85.061 of this code.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2520, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.063. Violations by Corporations

Sec. 85.063.  VIOLATIONS BY CORPORATIONS.  (a)  The failure of a corporation chartered under the laws of this state to comply with the provisions of Sections 85.059 through 85.062 of this code and to keep the records required by Section 85.059 of this code in this state or the refusal to permit officers designated in Section 85.062 of this code to inspect and examine the records required by Section 85.059 of this code shall constitute grounds for forfeiture of the corporation's charter rights and privileges and dissolution of its corporate existence.(b)  The failure of a foreign corporation to comply with the provisions of Sections 85.059 through 85.062 of this code and to keep the records required by Section 85.059 of this code in this state or the refusal to permit officers designated in Section 85.062 of this code to inspect and examine the records required by Section 85.059 of this code shall be grounds for enjoining and forever prohibiting such corporation from doing business in this state.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2520, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 85.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle B - Conservation and Regulation of Oil and Gas|Chapter 85 - Conservation of Oil and Gas|Subchapter C. Provisions Generally Applicable to the Conservation of Oil and Gas|Section 85.064. Action Against Corporation

Sec. 85.064.  ACTION AGAINST CORPORATION.  (a)  If he determines that the public interest requires it, the attorney general shall institute suit or other appropriate action in Travis County for forfeiture of charter rights of a domestic corporation or to enjoin a foreign corporation from doing business in this state when a corporation is deemed guilty of violating the provisions of Sections 85.059 through 85.062 of this code.  The attorney general may take this action on his own motion and without leave or order of any judge or court.(b)  On judgment against a defendant for violating the provisions of Sections 85.059 through 85.062 of this code, the court may, if in its judgment the public interest requires it, forfeit the charter rights of a defendant domestic corporation or enjoin a defendant foreign corporation from doing business in this state.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2520, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|