Tex. Water Code § 27.050
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 27.050, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 27.050. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Official statutory text
(a) A person to whom a permit is issued under this subchapter must provide to the railroad commission annually evidence of financial responsibility that is satisfactory to the railroad commission.
(b) In determining whether the person is financially responsible, the railroad commission shall rely on:
(1) the person's most recent quarterly report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 13 or 15(d), Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78m or 78o(d)); or
(2) if the person is not required to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission a report described by Subdivision (1), the person's most recent audited financial statement.
(b) In determining whether the person is financially responsible, the railroad commission shall rely on:
(1) the person's most recent quarterly report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 13 or 15(d), Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78m or 78o(d)); or
(2) if the person is not required to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission a report described by Subdivision (1), the person's most recent audited financial statement.
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