Sec. 1160.152. POOLING OR UNITIZATION APPLICATION. (a) The guardian of the estate shall file with the county clerk of the county in which the guardianship proceeding is pending a written application for authority to:
(1) enter into a pooling or unitization agreement supplementing, amending, or otherwise relating to any existing lease covering property owned by the estate; or
(2) commit royalties or other interests in minerals, whether or not subject to a lease, to a pooling or unitization agreement.
(b) The pooling or unitization application must also:
(1) sufficiently describe the property as required in an original lease application;
(2) describe briefly the lease to which the interest of the estate is subject; and
(3) set out the reasons the proposed agreement concerning the property should be entered into.
(c) A copy of the proposed agreement must be attached to the pooling or unitization application and made a part of the application by reference.
(d) The agreement may not be recorded in the judge's guardianship docket.
(e) Immediately after the pooling or unitization application is filed, the clerk shall call the application to the judge's attention.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
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