{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-89.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.012","heading":"DUTY OF NONOPERATOR.","body":"If the operator of a well fails to comply with Section 89.011 of this code, each nonoperator is responsible for his proportionate share of the cost of the proper plugging of the well within a reasonable time, according to the rules of the commission in effect at the time the responsibility attaches.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2553, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS","SUBTITLE B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS","CHAPTER 89. ABANDONED WELLS","SUBCHAPTER B. DUTY TO PLUG WELLS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.89.htm#89.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"bf9643c71bc4b987f1aacd56d1ebfa861d95c19bcbb612892fd7f30497b96ac7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-89.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-89.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}