Bill Text: TX HCR20 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Taking notice that Gulf Energy Exploration Corp. has been fully compensated for the wrongful plugging of State Tract 708-S No. 5.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-26 - Left pending in committee [HCR20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR20-Introduced.html
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| By: Darby | H.C.R. No. 20 | |
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| WHEREAS, On June 19, 2009, the governor signed Senate | ||
| Concurrent Resolution 72, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution 72, 81st Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2009, granted Gulf Energy Exploration Corp. | ||
| permission to sue the State of Texas and the Railroad Commission of | ||
| Texas subject to Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution 72, 81st Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2009, limited the total award of all damages | ||
| awarded in a suit authorized by that resolution, including any | ||
| court costs, attorney's fees, and prejudgment interest awarded | ||
| under the law, to $2,500,000, and precluded Gulf Energy Exploration | ||
| Corp. from pleading an amount in excess of that amount in any suit | ||
| authorized by that resolution; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On August 18, 2009, Gulf Energy Exploration Corp. | ||
| sued the Railroad Commission of Texas and Superior Energy Services, | ||
| LLC, a contractor hired by the Railroad Commission of Texas, for | ||
| breach of contract and negligence related to the wrongful plugging | ||
| of State Tract 708-S No. 5 in Cause No. 09-08-0809, Gulf Energy | ||
| Exploration Corp. v. Railroad Commission of Texas, in the 267th | ||
| Judicial District Court of Calhoun County, Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On January 24, 2012, Gulf Energy Exploration Corp. | ||
| agreed to a settlement with Superior Energy Services, LLC, in the | ||
| amount of $3 million, and the settlement was acknowledged in open | ||
| court; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED by the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas, That | ||
| Gulf Energy Exploration Corp. is no longer damaged by the wrongful | ||
| plugging of State Tract 708-S No. 5 and has been fully recompensed | ||
| and made whole by its settlement with Superior Energy Services, | ||
| LLC; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the total of all damages awarded in a suit | ||
| authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 72, 81st Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2009, including any court costs, attorney's fees, | ||
| and prejudgment interest awarded under the law, is amended to be a | ||
| maximum of $0. | ||
