Texas Natural Resources Code Title 3, Chapter 101 - Cooperative Development

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 101.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2566, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 101.002 - Existing Agreement Rights
  None of the provisions in this chapter restrict any of the rights that a person now may have to make and enter into unitization and...
• Texas Section 101.003 - Applicability
  None of the provisions in this chapter impair the power of the commission to prevent waste under the oil and gas conservation laws of the...

SUBCHAPTER B COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS IN SECONDARY RECOVERY OPERATIONS

• Texas Section 101.004 - Conflict With Antitrust Acts
  (a) Agreements and operations under agreements which are in accordance with the provisions in this chapter, being necessary to prevent waste and conserve the natural...
• Texas Section 101.011 - Authorized Agreements For Separately Owned Properties
  Subject to the approval of the commission, as provided in this chapter, persons owning or controlling production, leases, royalties, or other interests in separate property...
• Texas Section 101.012 - Persons Bound By Agreements
  Agreements for pooled units and cooperative facilities do not bind a landowner, royalty owner, lessor, lessee, overriding royalty owner, or any other person who does...
• Texas Section 101.013 - Commission Approval
  (a) Agreements for pooled units and cooperative facilities are not legal or effective until the commission finds, after application, notice, and hearing: (1) that the...
• Texas Section 101.014 - Jointly Owned Properties
  None of the provisions in this chapter shall be construed to require the approval of the commission of voluntary agreements for the joint development and...
• Texas Section 101.015 - Commission Regulation
  An agreement executed under the provisions of this chapter is subject to any valid order or rule of the commission relating to location, spacing, proration,...
• Texas Section 101.016 - Permissible Provisions
  (a) An agreement authorized by this chapter may provide for the location and spacing of input wells and for the extension of leases covering any...
• Texas Section 101.017 - Prohibited Provisions
  (a) No agreement authorized by this chapter may attempt to contain the field rules for the area or field, or provide for or limit the...

SUBCHAPTER C PUBLIC LAND

• Texas Section 101.018 - Effect Of Approval Outside Of Unit
  The approval of an agreement authorized by this chapter shall not of itself be construed as a finding that operations of a different kind or...
• Texas Section 101.051 - Authority Of Commissioner Of General Land Office
  Subject to the approval specified in Section 101.052 of this code, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, on behalf of the State of Texas...
• Texas Section 101.052 - Necessary Approval By Other Persons And State Agencies
  (a) An agreement that commits (1) the royalty interests in land set apart by the constitution and laws of this state for the permanent free...

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