85R1828 MEW-F     By: Raymond H.B. No. 891       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to creating an offense for certain unauthorized   transactions involving oil, gas, or condensate.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 85, Natural Resources   Code, is amended by adding Section 85.390 to read as follows:          Sec. 85.390.  TRANSACTION WITHOUT PERMIT, APPROVAL, OR   AUTHORIZATION. (a) A person commits an offense if:                (1)  the person recklessly possesses, removes,   delivers, accepts, purchases, sells, or physically moves or   transports oil, gas, or condensate as part of a transaction for   which the commission requires a permit or commission approval or   authorization; and                (2)  the commission has not issued, and does not have a   pending request for, a permit, approval, or authorization for that   transaction.          (b)  It is an exception to the application of this section   that the actor is a pipeline operator or gatherer authorized to   operate by the commission.          (c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second   degree.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.   An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For   purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred   before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.