Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 85.042 · Subchapter C. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THE CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS
RULES AND ORDERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may promulgate and enforce rules and orders necessary to carry into effect the provisions of Section 85.041 of this code and to prevent that section's violation.
(b) When necessary, the commission shall make and enforce rules either general in their nature or applicable to particular fields for the prevention of actual waste of oil or operations in the field dangerous to life or property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2516, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.85.htm
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