Texas Natural Resources Code Title 3, Chapter 88 - Control Of Oil Property

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B RULES

• Texas Section 88.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (2) "Governmental agent" or "governmental agency" means the Railroad Commission of Texas and any...
• Texas Section 88.011 - Adoption Of Rules
  (a) The governmental agency may promulgate and adopt rules: (1) to provide for the method of measuring oil and gas produced from any well in...
• Texas Section 88.012 - Rules And Orders Relating To Records And Reports
  The rules and orders of the governmental agency relating to records and reports shall prescribe the form in which the records and reports will be...

SUBCHAPTER C PRACTICES PROHIBITED IN THE PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS

• Texas Section 88.013 - Notice By Publication
  (a) When the governmental agency adopts a rule under this chapter, the governmental agency shall publish a complete copy of the rule once each day...
• Texas Section 88.051 - Production Prohibited In Excess Of Allowable Amount
  No person owning, leasing, operating, producing, or controlling an oil property or any oil well in this state may produce or cause to be produced...
• Texas Section 88.052 - Prohibited Passage From Control Of Producer Without Measurement And Record Of Amount
  No person owning, leasing, operating, or controlling an oil property in this state may permit the oil or gas produced to pass beyond the possession...
• Texas Section 88.053 - Prohibited Evasion Or Prevention Of Accurate Measurement
  No person owning, leasing, operating, or controlling an oil property in this state may use a method or device to evade or prevent obtaining the...
• Texas Section 88.0531 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person who knowingly violates Section 88.052 or 88.053 of this code commits an offense. (b) An offense under this section is a Class...
• Texas Section 88.054 - Passage From Control Of Producer Prohibited If Tank Not Under His Control
  No person owning, leasing, operating, or controlling an oil property may permit oil produced by him in this state to pass from his possession or...
• Texas Section 88.055 - Production Prohibited Without Flare
  If the gas from a well producing both oil and gas is not trapped and used and the gas is capable of being burned in...

SUBCHAPTER D INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF OIL PROPERTY

• Texas Section 88.056 - Identifying Signs
  Each oil property in this state, each tank owned or controlled by such person to which the property is connected, and each flare to which...
• Texas Section 88.091 - Access To Property And Records
  The governmental agency shall have access at all times to: (1) the oil property of all persons for inspection and examination; and (2) the records...
• Texas Section 88.092 - Prohibited Interference With Access And Inspection
  No person may: (1) refuse to permit the governmental agency, or an agent, servant, representative, or employee of the governmental agency, to have access to...
• Texas Section 88.093 - Prohibited Equipment Or Enclosure
  No person owning, leasing, operating, or controlling an oil property in this state may equip or enclose his oil property, or any part of his...

SUBCHAPTER E ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES

• Texas Section 88.094 - Prohibited Gift Or Gratuity
  No person may corruptly give, offer, or promise to give a member of the governmental agency, chief supervisor, deputy supervisor, or any agent or employee...
• Texas Section 88.131 - Venue
  The courts of the county in which the oil property or any part of the oil property is located and with respect to which a...
• Texas Section 88.132 - Service Of Process
  (a) In a suit or action involving the enforcement of the conservation laws of this state or the orders of the commission affecting the conservation...
• Texas Section 88.133 - Responsibility For Compliance And Liability To Prosecution
  The president of each corporation, the chief managing executive of each association, all active members of each firm and partnership, and all trustees of each...
• Texas Section 88.134 - Penalties
  (a) A person who violates any of the provisions of Sections 88.091 through 88.093 of this code, or any person who fails to comply with...
• Texas Section 88.135 - Civil Penalties And Injunctions
  In addition to the powers specifically granted to the commission under this chapter, the commission may enforce this chapter or any rule, order, or permit...

Last modified: September 28, 2016