Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

March 30, 1987 Eonorable Mack Wallace Opinion No. JM-660 Chairman Railroad Conmission of Texas Re: Confiscation of production P. 0. Drawer 12967 related equipment at abandoned Austin, Texas 78711 well sites by agents of the Railroad Commission Dear Mr. Wallace: The questions you ask involve construction of section 89.085 of the Natural Resources Code, “Confiscation of Equipment to Cover Plugging Costs,” which provides as follows: (a) If a person acting as agent for the com- mission plugs or replugs a well, the comission may authorize the agent to confiscate any produc- tion-related equipment…