89th Legislature, Regular Session
SB 1146
Relating to the plugging or replugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
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S.B. No. 1146 AN ACT relating to the plugging or replugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 89.045, Natural Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 89.045. LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES. The commission and its employees and agents, the operator, [and] the nonoperator, and any private person who has paid money to the commission to plug or replug a well under Section 89.084 are not liable for any damages that may occur as a result of acts done or omitted to be done by them or each of them in a good-faith effort to carry out this chapter.