Texas § 89.081 CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF COST.

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§ 89.081 — CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF COST.

Texas § 89.081

Code NRNatural Resources Code

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Bluebook

Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 89.081 (2026).

Text

Sec. 89.081. CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF COST. If an operator or nonoperator owns only a partial interest in the well or oil and gas and the operator or nonoperator pays a larger proportion of the cost of plugging the well than his proportionate interest in the well or oil and gas, he has a cause of action against the other operators and nonoperators for their proportionate shares of the cost of plugging.

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Sec. 89.081. CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF COST. If an operator or nonoperator owns only a partial interest in the well or oil and gas and the operator or nonoperator pays a larger proportion of the cost of plugging the well than his proportionate interest in the well or oil and gas, he has a cause of action against the other operators and nonoperators for their proportionate shares of the cost of plugging.

Legislative History

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2554, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5251, ch. 967, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5407, ch. 1002, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.