Tex. Util. Code § 121.157 · Subchapter D. REGULATION BY RAILROAD COMMISSION
RAILROAD COMMISSION EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The railroad commission may employ or appoint persons as necessary to:
(1) inspect and audit records or receipts, disbursements, vouchers, prices, payrolls, time cards, and books;
(2) inspect the property and records of a gas utility subject to this chapter; and
(3) perform other services as directed by, or under the authority of, the railroad commission.
(b) The railroad commission shall set the amount of compensation for persons employed by the railroad commission.
(c) The chief supervisor of the oil and gas division of the railroad commission shall assist the railroad commission in the performance of the railroad commission's duties under this chapter, as directed by, and under the rules of, the railroad commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.121.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 5539afb74437c4462b161eaed3d0a4bb27af7e19909b9b68bd28f9e3d8018c85
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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