Bill Text: TX SB1689 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1689 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the process for refusing to renew an organization report for an operator that fails to plug an inactive oil or gas well.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-12 - Co-author authorized [SB1689 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1689-Introduced.html

	82R9865 TRH-F

	By: Duncan	S.B. No. 1689



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the process for refusing to renew an organization
	report for an operator that fails to plug an inactive oil or gas
	well.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 89.022, Natural Resources Code, is
	amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as
	follows:
	(d) Before the commission issues an order refusing to renew
	an operator's organization report under Subsection (c), an
	authorized commission employee or a person designated by the
	commission for that purpose must determine whether the operator has
	failed to comply with the requirements of this subchapter. If the
	authorized commission employee or designated person determines
	that the organization report does not qualify for renewal on that
	ground, the authorized commission employee or designated person
	must:
	(1) notify the operator of the determination;
	(2) provide the operator with a written statement of
	the reasons the organization report does not qualify for renewal;
	and
	(3) notify the operator that the operator has 90 days
	to comply with the requirements of this subchapter.
	(e) The authorized commission employee or designated person
	may grant the operator an additional 45 days to comply with the
	requirements of this subchapter for good cause shown.
	(f) After the expiration of the period specified by
	Subsection (d)(3) as extended under Subsection (e), if applicable,
	the authorized commission employee or designated person shall
	determine whether the organization report qualifies for renewal and
	notify the operator of the determination. If the authorized
	commission employee or designated person determines that the
	organization report does not qualify for renewal because the
	operator has continued to fail to comply with the requirements of
	this subchapter, the operator, not later than the 30th day after the
	date of the determination, may request a hearing regarding the
	determination.
	(g) If the commission determines following the hearing that
	the operator has failed to comply with the requirements of this
	subchapter or the operator fails to file a timely request for a
	hearing, the commission by order shall refuse to renew the
	organization report. The organization report remains in effect
	until the commission's order becomes final.
	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	the renewal of an organization report on or after the effective date
	of this Act. The renewal of an organization report before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
	immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.