Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 81.051

JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy Trust (2008)

Most recently applied in City of Houston v. BCCA Appeal Group, Inc. (August 2013)

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2510, ch. 871, art

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(a) The commission has jurisdiction over all:

(1) common carrier pipelines defined in Section 111.002 of this code in Texas;

(2) oil and gas wells in Texas;

(3) persons owning or operating pipelines in Texas;

(4) persons owning or engaged in drilling or operating oil or gas wells in Texas; and

(5) pipeline transportation and underground storage of hydrogen.

(b) Persons listed in Subsection (a) of this section and their pipelines and oil and gas wells are subject to the jurisdiction conferred by law on the commission.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.