88R13277 KBB-D     By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1872       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to confidentiality provisions of certain contracts for the   sale, transportation, or gathering of natural gas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 81.060, Natural Resources Code, is   amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:          (c)  A confidentiality provision may not be required in a   contract between the owner or operator of a pipeline and a shipper   for the sale, transportation, or gathering of natural gas that is   entered into on or after September 1, 2023.          (d)  A confidentiality provision in a contract between the   owner or operator of a pipeline and a shipper for the sale,   transportation, or gathering of natural gas that was entered into   before September 1, 2023, becomes unenforceable on the date the   term of the contract expires.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.