82R9865 TRH-F
 
  By: Crownover H.B. No. 3134
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the process for refusing to renew an organization
  report for an operator that fails to plug an inactive oil or gas
  well.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 89.022, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as
  follows:
         (d)  Before the commission issues an order refusing to renew
  an operator's organization report under Subsection (c), an
  authorized commission employee or a person designated by the
  commission for that purpose must determine whether the operator has
  failed to comply with the requirements of this subchapter. If the
  authorized commission employee or designated person determines
  that the organization report does not qualify for renewal on that
  ground, the authorized commission employee or designated person
  must:
               (1)  notify the operator of the determination;
               (2)  provide the operator with a written statement of
  the reasons the organization report does not qualify for renewal;
  and
               (3)  notify the operator that the operator has 90 days
  to comply with the requirements of this subchapter.
         (e)  The authorized commission employee or designated person
  may grant the operator an additional 45 days to comply with the
  requirements of this subchapter for good cause shown.
         (f)  After the expiration of the period specified by
  Subsection (d)(3) as extended under Subsection (e), if applicable,
  the authorized commission employee or designated person shall
  determine whether the organization report qualifies for renewal and
  notify the operator of the determination. If the authorized
  commission employee or designated person determines that the
  organization report does not qualify for renewal because the
  operator has continued to fail to comply with the requirements of
  this subchapter, the operator, not later than the 30th day after the
  date of the determination, may request a hearing regarding the
  determination.
         (g)  If the commission determines following the hearing that
  the operator has failed to comply with the requirements of this
  subchapter or the operator fails to file a timely request for a
  hearing, the commission by order shall refuse to renew the
  organization report. The organization report remains in effect
  until the commission's order becomes final.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  the renewal of an organization report on or after the effective date
  of this Act. The renewal of an organization report before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.