TLMA ALERT

Please act now!                     Oppose HB 2087! 

HB 2087 eliminates your property right to negotiate your royalty terms. 

Contact members of the Calendar Committee and let them know we do not want this bill to move any further.

We believe a non-producing royalty interest (NPRI) should have the right to negotiate.  HB 2087 would take away that right and place the royalty interest into a formula designated by statute.

The bill subjects landowners to one standard but exempts lands owned and maintained by the General Land Office.  If it’s bad enough to exempt lands owned by the State of Texas, why isn’t it bad enough to exempt lands owned by the rest of us?

In addition, H.B. 2087 on its face looks like it attempts to give the NPRI some recourse by petitioning the Railroad Commission if they are not pleased with their allocation.  However, the evidentiary standard the NPRI is held to is impossible to meet.  How can you show something is ‘clear and convincing’ when it occurs thousands of feet under the ground?  The language is a red herring and one that does not grant an NPRI an opportunity to correct what this legislation would put into law.

Help protect your property rights!

Contact members of the House Calendars and ask them please DO NOT send HB 2087 to the House Floor!

Thank you for your help in defeating this bad legislation!

HOUSE CALENDARS COMMITTEE (512-463-0758):

Todd Hunter, Chair – 512-463-0672

District 32 – Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces, San Patricio

Dennis Bonnen, Vice-Chair – 512-463-0564

District 25 – Brazoria

Dan Branch – 463-0367

District 108 – Dallas

Garnet Coleman – 512-463-0524

District 147 – Harris

Byron Cook – 512-463-0730

District 8 – Anderson, Freestone, Limestone, Navarro

Charlie Geren – 512-463-0610

District 99 – Tarrant

Jim Keffer – 512-463-0656

District 60 – Brown, Eastland, Hood, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens

Tracy King – 512-463-0194

District 80 – Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Medina, Zavala

Lois Kolkhorst – 512-463-0600

District 13 – Austin, Grimes, Walker, Washington

Eddie Lucio III – 512-463-0606

District 38 – Cameron

Allan Ritter – 512-463-0706

District 21 – Jefferson

Eddie Rodriguez – 512-463-0674

District 51 - Travis

Burt Solomons – 512-463-0478

District 65 – Denton

Vicki Truitt – 512-463-0690

District 98 – Tarrant

John Zerwas – 512-463-0657

District 28 – Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton

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ALERT – ALERT – ALERT!!!
 
The House Energy Committee has scheduled a hearing for  HB 3586, the FORCED UNITIZATION Bill for Wednesday, April 20, at 2:00.  This is a very bad bill for Texas.  Please forward this information to friends, relatives, neighbors. 
 
PLEASE IMMEDIATELY CALL OR EMAIL THE ENERGY RESOURCES COMMITTEE MEMBERS LISTED BELOW AND  YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.  URGE THEM TO VOTE NO ON THIS BILL.  
 
You can find the bill by the following:  Go to Texas.gov, click on the word Legislative at the top right side of the page, that should take you to the Legislature Online –click on Bill number then type in HB 3586 , when that page appears click on Text to read the bill.  If you don’t know who your representative is you can click on House then members by county.
 
IF ANY OF YOU CAN BE IN AUSTIN TO TESTIFY AGAINST THIS BILL PLEASE LET US KNOWIMMEDIATELY.  

YOU WILL NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE UNLEASED AND DON’T LEASE YOU WILL BE FORCED IN AT 1/6 AND BECOME A 5/6 WORKING INTEREST OWNER. (See Section 104.057 of the bill)


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