Texas § 91.1041 INDIVIDUAL BOND.

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§ 91.1041 — INDIVIDUAL BOND.

Texas § 91.1041

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Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 91.1041 (2026).

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Sec. 91.1041. INDIVIDUAL BOND.

(a)A person required to file a bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit under Section 91.103 who operates one or more wells may file a bond in an amount equal to $2 for each foot of well depth for each well.

(b)Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commission by rule shall set the amount of the bond for an operator of one or more bay or offshore wells at a reasonable amount that exceeds the amount provided by Subsection (a).

(c)When calculating under Subsection (a) the amount of the bond a person who operates one or more wells is required to file, the commission shall exclude a well if the well bore is included in a well-specific plugging insurance policy described by Section 91.104 (c).

(d)If the inclusion of a bay or offshore well whose well bore is includ

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Sec. 91.1041. INDIVIDUAL BOND.
(a) A person required to file a bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit under Section 91.103 who operates one or more wells may file a bond in an amount equal to $2 for each foot of well depth for each well.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commission by rule shall set the amount of the bond for an operator of one or more bay or offshore wells at a reasonable amount that exceeds the amount provided by Subsection (a).
(c) When calculating under Subsection (a) the amount of the bond a person who operates one or more wells is required to file, the commission shall exclude a well if the well bore is included in a well-specific plugging insurance policy described by Section 91.104 (c).
(d) If the inclusion of a bay or offshore well whose well bore is included in a well-specific plugging insurance policy described by Section 91.104 (c) in the calculation under Subsection (b) of the amount of the bond an operator of one or more bay or offshore wells is required to file would result in an increase in the amount of the bond that would otherwise be required, the rules must provide for the exclusion of the well from the calculation.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 2004. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 489 (H.B. 380 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.