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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inspection of certain information regarding the |
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production, transportation, sale, and marketing of oil and gas from |
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state land; imposing an administrative penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.135, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) Not later than the 60th day after the date of receipt |
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of a request from the commissioner, the attorney general, or the |
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governor for information described by Subsection (a), a lessee |
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shall produce the requested information. |
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(a-2) A lessee who is unable to produce requested |
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information in the time required by Subsection (a-1) must, not |
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later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of a request for |
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the information, reply in writing to the requestor and state the |
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reason for the unavailability of the information and when the |
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information will be available. A requestor who receives a reply |
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under this subsection may extend the deadline for the production of |
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the requested information. |
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(e) The commissioner may assess an administrative penalty |
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against a lessee who fails to produce requested information in the |
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time required under Subsection (a-1) or (a-2). The penalty may not |
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exceed: |
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(1) $100 a day for each day after the deadline for |
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producing the information that the lessee fails to produce the |
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information until the 60th day after the deadline; and |
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(2) $1,000 a day for each day after the 60th day after |
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the deadline for producing the information that the lessee fails to |
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produce the information. |
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SECTION 2. Section 52.135, Natural Resources Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a request for information made |
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under that section on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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request for information made under that section before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date of the request, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |