Texas Insurance Code
§ 425.230 — AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: OIL, GAS, AND MINERALS
IN § 425.230Title 4. REGULATION OF SOLVENCY · Part B. RESERVES AND INVESTMENTS · Ch. 425. RESERVES AND INVESTMENTS FOR LIFE INSURANCE · Art. D. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS FOR OTHER LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section and Section 425.231:
(1)"Producing" means producing oil, gas, or other minerals in paying quantities. A well that has been shut in is considered to be producing oil, gas, or other minerals in paying quantities if shut-in royalties are being paid.
(2)"Production payment" means a right to oil, gas, or other minerals in place or as produced that entitles the owner of the right to a specified fraction of production until the owner receives a specified amount of money, or a specified number of units of oil, gas, or other minerals.
(3)"Royalty" or "overriding royalty" means a right to oil, gas, and other minerals in place or as produced that entitles the owner of the right to a specified fraction of production without limitation to a specified amount of money or a specified number of units of oil, gas, or other minerals.
(b)Subject to this section, in addition to and without limitation on the purposes for which real property may be acquired, secured, held, or retained under Section 425.229 or 425.231, an insurer may secure, hold, retain, and convey production payments, producing royalties, and producing overriding royalties as an investment for the production of income.
(c)The aggregate amount of an insurer's investments under this section, plus the aggregate amount of the insurer's investments in home office and branch office properties under Section 425.229, may not exceed the total amount permitted by and is subject to all of the limitations imposed by Sections 425.229(e) and (f). For purposes of this subsection, an investment in production payments, producing royalties, or producing overriding royalties is considered to be an investment in property described by Section 425.229.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.