By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3291

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2015; April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development; May 18, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 18, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3291 By: Zaffirini

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to transactions involving oil, gas, or condensate; creating a criminal offense.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 85, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 85.390 to read as follows:

Sec. 85.390. TRANSACTION WITHOUT APPROVAL, AUTHORIZATION, OR PERMIT. (a) A person who is not a pipeline operator or gatherer authorized to operate by the commission commits an offense if the person recklessly possesses, transports, removes, delivers, accepts, purchases, sells, or physically moves oil, gas, or condensate as part of a transaction for which the commission requires a permit or commission approval or authorization unless the commission has:

(1) issued a permit, approval, or authorization for the transaction; or

(2) received a request for a permit, approval, or authorization for the transaction and the request is pending before the commission.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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