By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)	H.B. No. 3291
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2015;
	April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Natural Resources and Economic Development; May 18, 2015, reported
	adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
	vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 18, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3291	By:  Zaffirini

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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.
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