Amend HB 3582 (Senate committee printing) by adding a new
SECTION to the bill, appropriately numbered, to read as follows and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____. Section 52.026, Natural Resources Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a)  and by adding Subsection (e) to
read as follows:
      (a)  A lessee of an area under this subchapter may transfer
the <his> lease at any time.  The liability of the transferor to
properly discharge its obligations under the lease, including
properly plugging abandoned wells, removing platforms or pipelines,
or remediation of contamination at drill sites shall pass to the
transferee upon prior written consent of the commissioner.  The
commissioner may not withhold the consent unreasonably.  The
commissioner may require the transferee to demonstrate that it has
the financial responsibility to properly discharge its obligations
under the lease and may require the transferee to post a bond or
provide other security to secure those obligations if the
transferee is unable to demonstrate such financial responsibility
to the satisfaction of the commissioner.
      (e)  This section does not relieve a person from the duty to
comply with a rule adopted or order issued by the Railroad
Commission of Texas under another provision of this code.