Texas Natural Resources Code
§ 91.660 — PERSONS RELEASED FROM LIABILITY
NR § 91.660Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 91. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE · Art. O. RAILROAD COMMISSION VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM
Statute text
View on source(a)A person who is not a responsible person under Section 91.113 at the time the person applies to perform a voluntary cleanup:
(1)does not become a responsible person solely because the person signs the application; and
(2)is released, on certification under Section 91.659, from all liability to the state for cleanup of areas of the site covered by the certification, except for releases and consequences that the person causes.
(b)A person who is not a responsible person under Section 91.113 at the time the commission issues a certificate of completion under Section 91.659 is released, on issuance of the certificate, from all liability to the state for cleanup of areas of the site covered by the certificate, except for releases and consequences that the person causes.
(c)The release from liability provided by this section does not apply to a person who:
(1)caused or contributed to the contamination at the site covered by the certificate;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.