H.B. No. 3291

	AN ACT
	relating to transactions involving oil, gas, or condensate;
	creating a criminal offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 85, Natural Resources
	Code, is amended by adding Section 85.390 to read as follows:
	Sec. 85.390.  TRANSACTION WITHOUT APPROVAL, AUTHORIZATION,
	OR PERMIT. (a) A person who is not a pipeline operator or gatherer
	authorized to operate by the commission commits an offense if the
	person recklessly possesses, transports, removes, delivers,
	accepts, purchases, sells, or physically moves oil, gas, or
	condensate as part of a transaction for which the commission
	requires a permit or commission approval or authorization unless
	the commission has:
	(1)  issued a permit, approval, or authorization for
	the transaction; or
	(2)  received a request for a permit, approval, or
	authorization for the transaction and the request is pending before
	the commission.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second
	degree.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3291 was passed by the House on April
	27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 3291 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 3,
	1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3291 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
	1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor