Tex. Natural Resources Code § 88.092
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 88.092, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 88.092. PROHIBITED INTERFERENCE WITH ACCESS AND INSPECTION.
Official statutory text
No person may:
(1) refuse to permit the governmental agency, or an agent, servant, representative, or employee of the governmental agency, to have access to an oil property for inspection and examination;
(2) interfere with the inspection and examination;
(3) remove, tamper with, mutilate, or destroy a device, seal, or meter on an oil property placed there or used in the inspection and examination; or
(4) refuse to permit the governmental agency, or an agent, servant, representative, or employee of the governmental agency, to have access, for inspection, examination, and audit, to the books, documents, and records pertaining to, used in connection with, or required to be used in connection with an oil property.
(1) refuse to permit the governmental agency, or an agent, servant, representative, or employee of the governmental agency, to have access to an oil property for inspection and examination;
(2) interfere with the inspection and examination;
(3) remove, tamper with, mutilate, or destroy a device, seal, or meter on an oil property placed there or used in the inspection and examination; or
(4) refuse to permit the governmental agency, or an agent, servant, representative, or employee of the governmental agency, to have access, for inspection, examination, and audit, to the books, documents, and records pertaining to, used in connection with, or required to be used in connection with an oil property.
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