Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.042
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.042, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 89.042. COMMISSION ORDER TO PLUG.
Official statutory text
(a) If the commission finds that the well was not properly plugged, it shall order the operator to plug the well according to the rules of the commission in effect at the time the order is issued.
(b) If the operator cannot be found or is no longer in existence or has no assets with which to properly plug the well, the commission shall order the nonoperators to plug the well according to the rules of the commission in effect at the time the order is issued.
(c) Repealed by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5409, ch. 1002, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.
(b) If the operator cannot be found or is no longer in existence or has no assets with which to properly plug the well, the commission shall order the nonoperators to plug the well according to the rules of the commission in effect at the time the order is issued.
(c) Repealed by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5409, ch. 1002, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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