| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the application to political subdivisions of this state |
|
|
of the law governing pooling of mineral interests. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Sections 102.004(a), (c), and (d), Natural |
|
|
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(a) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to land: |
|
|
(1) owned by the State of Texas or a political |
|
|
subdivision of this state; or |
|
|
(2) [nor to land] in which the State of Texas or a |
|
|
political subdivision of this state has an interest directly or |
|
|
indirectly. |
|
|
(c) The provisions of this chapter do not amend, repeal, |
|
|
change, alter, or affect in any manner the authority, jurisdiction, |
|
|
or consent of: |
|
|
(1) the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the |
|
|
pooling of any interest now subject to the jurisdiction, authority, |
|
|
or consent of the Commissioner of the General Land Office; or |
|
|
(2) a political subdivision of this state on the |
|
|
pooling of any interest owned by the political subdivision. |
|
|
(d) With the approval or consent first obtained, or at the |
|
|
instance of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, or any |
|
|
board or agency having jurisdiction, the land in which the State of |
|
|
Texas has an interest as described in this chapter may be pooled |
|
|
under the provisions of this chapter. A political subdivision of |
|
|
this state may consent to land being pooled under the provisions of |
|
|
this chapter. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |