Bill Text: TX HB3291 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to transactions involving oil, gas, or condensate; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3291 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3291-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3291 |
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relating to transactions involving oil, gas, or condensate; | ||
creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 85, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 85.390 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 85.390. TRANSACTION WITHOUT APPROVAL, AUTHORIZATION, | ||
OR PERMIT. (a) A person who is not a pipeline operator or gatherer | ||
authorized to operate by the commission commits an offense if the | ||
person recklessly possesses, transports, removes, delivers, | ||
accepts, purchases, sells, or physically moves oil, gas, or | ||
condensate as part of a transaction for which the commission | ||
requires a permit or commission approval or authorization unless | ||
the commission has: | ||
(1) issued a permit, approval, or authorization for | ||
the transaction; or | ||
(2) received a request for a permit, approval, or | ||
authorization for the transaction and the request is pending before | ||
the commission. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second | ||
degree. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3291 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3291 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 3, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3291 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |