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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to changing the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas to |
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the Texas Oil and Gas Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 81, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 81. TEXAS OIL AND GAS [RAILROAD] COMMISSION [OF TEXAS] |
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SECTION 2. Section 81.001, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 81.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Texas Oil and Gas |
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[Railroad] Commission [of Texas]. |
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(2) "Commissioner" means any member of the Texas Oil |
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and Gas [Railroad] Commission [of Texas]. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 81, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 81.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 81.003. TEXAS OIL AND GAS COMMISSION. (a) The |
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Railroad Commission of Texas is renamed the Texas Oil and Gas |
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Commission. |
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(b) A reference in law to the Railroad Commission of Texas |
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means the Texas Oil and Gas Commission. |
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SECTION 4. (a) Effective January 1, 2014: |
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(1) the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas is |
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changed to the Texas Oil and Gas Commission, and all powers, duties, |
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rights, and obligations of the Railroad Commission of Texas are the |
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powers, duties, rights, and obligations of the Texas Oil and Gas |
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Commission; |
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(2) a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas is a |
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member of the Texas Oil and Gas Commission; and |
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(3) any appropriation to the Railroad Commission of |
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Texas is an appropriation to the Texas Oil and Gas Commission. |
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(b) Effective January 1, 2014, a reference in law to the |
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Railroad Commission of Texas is a reference to the Texas Oil and Gas |
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Commission. |
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(c) The Texas Oil and Gas Commission is the successor to the |
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Railroad Commission of Texas in all respects. All personnel, |
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equipment, data, documents, facilities, contracts, items, other |
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property, rules, decisions, and proceedings of or involving the |
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Railroad Commission of Texas are unaffected by the change in the |
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name of the agency. |
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(d) The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt a timetable |
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for phasing in the change of the agency's name so as to minimize the |
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fiscal impact of the name change. Until January 1, 2014, to allow |
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for phasing in the change of the agency's name and in accordance |
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with the timetable established as required by this section, the |
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agency may perform any act authorized by law for the Railroad |
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Commission of Texas as the Railroad Commission of Texas or as the |
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Texas Oil and Gas Commission. Any act of the Railroad Commission of |
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Texas acting as the Texas Oil and Gas Commission on or after the |
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effective date of this Act and before January 1, 2014, is an act of |
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the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |