Texas Natural Resources Code Title 3, Chapter 115 - Regulation Of Certain Transporters Of Oil Or Petroleum Products

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 115.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (2) "Commission order" includes a rule or order adopted by the commission under the...
• Texas Section 115.002 - Exception
  This chapter does not apply to the retail purchase of a petroleum product if that product is: (1) contained in the ordinary equipment of a...

SUBCHAPTER B TENDERS AND MANIFESTS

• Texas Section 115.003 - Definition Of Unlawful Oil; Presumption
  (a) For purposes of this chapter, oil is unlawful if the oil is: (1) produced in this state from a well in excess of the...
• Texas Section 115.011 - Tender Requirements
  The commission by order may require that a tender be obtained before oil or a petroleum product may be transported or received for transportation by...
• Texas Section 115.012 - Tender; Application Requirements
  (a) The commission by order shall prescribe the form of a tender and a tender application. (b) The form must show: (1) the name and...
• Texas Section 115.013 - Action On Tender Application
  (a) If an agent of the commission rejects an application for a tender, the agent shall return a copy of the application to the applicant...
• Texas Section 115.014 - Judicial Review
  (a) A person whose tender application is rejected may appeal that action by filing a petition against the commission in a district court of Travis...
• Texas Section 115.015 - Transfer Under Tender
  (a) A person who obtains a tender may not transport or deliver, or cause or permit to be transported or delivered, any more or any...
• Texas Section 115.016 - Issuance Of Manifest
  (a) A person who obtains a tender required under this subchapter shall sign and issue a manifest to the operator of each motor vehicle used...
• Texas Section 115.017 - Form Of Manifest
  (a) The commission by order may prescribe the form of a manifest. (b) A manifest must: (1) bear a certificate signed by the shipper that...
• Texas Section 115.018 - Transfer Under Manifest; Restrictions
  (a) A person authorized to transport oil or a petroleum product on a manifest issued by a shipper may not receive: (1) a commodity for...
• Texas Section 115.019 - Receipt Required
  A person who transports oil or a petroleum product by motor vehicle under conditions that require a tender or manifest shall obtain a receipt from...

SUBCHAPTER C FORFEITURE OF UNLAWFUL OIL OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT

• Texas Section 115.020 - Records; Inspection
  (a) A person who transports by motor vehicle and delivers oil or a petroleum product shall keep in this state for two years each tender...
• Texas Section 115.031 - Forfeiture Authorized
  Unlawful oil and unlawful petroleum products, regardless of the date of production or manufacture, are declared to be a nuisance and shall be forfeited to...
• Texas Section 115.032 - Report To Attorney General
  On the discovery of unlawful oil or an unlawful petroleum product, a member of the commission, an agent or employee of the commission, or a...
• Texas Section 115.033 - Action In Rem
  (a) If the attorney general is advised of the presence of unlawful oil or an unlawful petroleum product, the attorney general shall bring an action...

SUBCHAPTER D ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

• Texas Section 115.034 - Forfeiture Sale
  (a) If, on the trial of the action, the oil or petroleum product in controversy is found to be unlawful, the court shall render judgment...
• Texas Section 115.041 - Enforcement; Arrests
  (a) To enforce this chapter, an agent of the commission or a peace officer of this state who has probable cause and reasonable grounds to...
• Texas Section 115.042 - Publication Of Commission Order Prior To Enforcement
  A criminal action may not be maintained against a person involving the violation of a rule or order that the commission adopts, modifies, or amends...
• Texas Section 115.043 - Certificate As Evidence
  (a) A certificate that sets forth the terms of a commission order and states that the order has been adopted and published and was in...
• Texas Section 115.044 - Service Of Process
  (a) In an action or proceeding that involves the enforcement of this chapter or a commission order, a Texas Ranger or agent of the commission...
• Texas Section 115.045 - Pleading; Proof
  (a) In a complaint, information, or indictment that alleges a violation of a commission order, it is unnecessary to set forth fully the terms of...
• Texas Section 115.046 - Venue
  A criminal action maintained under this chapter must be brought in: (1) the county in which the oil or petroleum product involved in the criminal...
• Texas Section 115.047 - Penalties
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is the operator of a motor vehicle that transports oil or a petroleum product and the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016