Bill Text: TX SB1871 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of theft of petroleum products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-19 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1871 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1871-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of theft of petroleum products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-19 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1871 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1871-Introduced.html
85R13771 JXC-F | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1871 |
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relating to the creation of the offense of petroleum product or oil | ||
and gas equipment theft. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 31.19 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.19. THEFT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT OR OIL AND GAS | ||
EQUIPMENT. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Oil and gas equipment" means machinery, drilling | ||
equipment, welding equipment, pipe, fittings, pumps, vehicles, or | ||
other equipment used in the drilling or maintenance of oil and gas | ||
wells, in the production of oil and gas, or to transport petroleum | ||
products. | ||
(2) "Petroleum product" means crude oil, natural gas, | ||
or condensate. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person unlawfully | ||
appropriates a petroleum product with intent to deprive the owner | ||
of the petroleum product by: | ||
(1) possessing, removing, delivering, receiving, | ||
purchasing, selling, moving, concealing, or transporting the | ||
petroleum product; or | ||
(2) making or causing a connection to be made with, or | ||
drilling or tapping or causing a hole to be drilled or tapped in, a | ||
pipe, pipeline, or tank used to store or transport a petroleum | ||
product. | ||
(c) A person commits an offense if the person unlawfully | ||
appropriates oil and gas equipment with intent to deprive the owner | ||
of the oil and gas equipment. | ||
(d) Appropriation of a petroleum product or oil and gas | ||
equipment is unlawful if it is without the owner's effective | ||
consent. | ||
(e) An offense under this section is: | ||
(1) a state jail felony if the total value of the | ||
petroleum product or oil and gas equipment appropriated is less | ||
than $10,000; | ||
(2) a felony of the third degree if the total value of | ||
the petroleum product or oil and gas equipment appropriated is | ||
$10,000 or more but less than $100,000; | ||
(3) a felony of the second degree if the total value of | ||
the petroleum product or oil and gas equipment appropriated is | ||
$100,000 or more but less than $300,000; or | ||
(4) a felony of the first degree if the total value of | ||
the petroleum product or oil and gas equipment appropriated is | ||
$300,000 or more. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |