Bill Text: TX HCR20 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Taking notice that Gulf Energy Exploration Corp. has been fully compensated for the wrongful plugging of State Tract 708-S No. 5.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-26 - Left pending in committee [HCR20 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HCR20-Introduced.html
  85S10996 SKB-F
 
  By: Darby H.C.R. No. 20
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, On June 19, 2009, the governor signed Senate
  Concurrent Resolution 72, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009;
  and
         WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution 72, 81st Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2009, granted Gulf Energy Exploration Corp.
  permission to sue the State of Texas and the Railroad Commission of
  Texas subject to Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and
         WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution 72, 81st Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2009, limited the total award of all damages
  awarded in a suit authorized by that resolution, including any
  court costs, attorney's fees, and prejudgment interest awarded
  under the law, to $2,500,000, and precluded Gulf Energy Exploration
  Corp. from pleading an amount in excess of that amount in any suit
  authorized by that resolution; and
         WHEREAS, On August 18, 2009, Gulf Energy Exploration Corp.
  sued the Railroad Commission of Texas and Superior Energy Services,
  LLC, a contractor hired by the Railroad Commission of Texas, for
  breach of contract and negligence related to the wrongful plugging
  of State Tract 708-S No. 5 in Cause No. 09-08-0809, Gulf Energy
  Exploration Corp. v. Railroad Commission of Texas, in the 267th
  Judicial District Court of Calhoun County, Texas; and
         WHEREAS, On January 24, 2012, Gulf Energy Exploration Corp.
  agreed to a settlement with Superior Energy Services, LLC, in the
  amount of $3 million, and the settlement was acknowledged in open
  court; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED by the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas, That
  Gulf Energy Exploration Corp. is no longer damaged by the wrongful
  plugging of State Tract 708-S No. 5 and has been fully recompensed
  and made whole by its settlement with Superior Energy Services,
  LLC; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the total of all damages awarded in a suit
  authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 72, 81st Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2009, including any court costs, attorney's fees,
  and prejudgment interest awarded under the law, is amended to be a
  maximum of $0.
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