Texas Natural Resources Code 89.084 – Money Paid Commission by Private Person
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(a) The commission may accept money from private persons and use the money to plug or replug a well.
(b) Paying money to the commission is not an admission that the person paying the money is obligated to plug or replug the well. Evidence that a person has paid money to the commission is not admissible against the person in a suit in which the person’s obligation to plug a well is an issue and introducing the evidence is a compulsory ground for mistrial.
Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code 89.084
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Mistrial: An invalid trial, caused by fundamental error. When a mistrial is declared, the trial must start again from the selection of the jury.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005