Amend HB 981 (Senate Committee Printing) by creating a new SECTION 1 and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS accordingly. SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 91, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 91.409 to read as follows: Sec. 91.409. NOTIFICATION TO NONOPERATORS AND ROYALTY OWNERS OF ADDITIONAL PAYMENT RECEIVED BY OPERATOR. (a) An operator of an oil and/or gas property who receives from the first purchaser a payment for crude oil, condensate, or gas in addition to the price per barrel or per MCF of oil or gas sold, regardless of how the payment is described, must give written notice of the receipt of such payment and describe the nature and purpose of the payment to the nonoperators for which the operator is selling production and the royalty owners to whom the operator is obligated to make royalty payments. The notification is considered timely if made as of the later of: (1) the 90th day after the date of receipt of such payment; or (2) the date on which the next payment to the nonoperator or royalty owner is made in accordance with Section 91.402. (b) Accounting adjustments made in the normal course of business for the purchase price of the crude oil or condensate at the operated property are not considered additional payments under this section.