Tex. Util. Code § 101.009 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
STATE AUTHORITY TO SELL OR CONVEY NATURAL GAS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the General Land Office.
(2) "Public retail customer" means a retail customer that is an agency of this state, a state institution of higher education, a public school district, a political subdivision of this state, a military installation of the United States, or a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility.
(b) The commissioner, acting on behalf of the state, may sell or otherwise convey natural gas generated from royalties taken in kind as provided by Sections 52.133(f), 53.026, and 53.077, Natural Resources Code, directly to a public retail customer.
(c) To ensure that the state receives the maximum benefit from the sale of natural gas generated from royalties taken in kind, the commissioner shall use all feasible means to sell that natural gas first to public retail customers that are military installations of the United States, agencies of this state, institutions of higher education, or public school districts. The remainder of the natural gas, if any, may be sold to public retail customers that are political subdivisions of this state or to a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 20, eff. May 27, 2003.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Utilities Code, Section 35.102 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 53 (H.B. 2263), Sec. 5, eff. May 17, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.101.htm
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Natural Resources Code
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.133PAYMENT OF ROYALTY IN KIND.Printed as Sections 52.133(f), 53.026, and 53.077, Natural Resources Code
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 53.026IN KIND ROYALTY.Printed as Sections 52.133(f), 53.026, and 53.077, Natural Resources Code
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 53.077IN KIND ROYALTY.Printed as Sections 52.133(f), 53.026, and 53.077, Natural Resources Code
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