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Drilling industry continues attacks on Texans’ property rights
Tell the Railroad Commission: don’t change Rule 37
Under Rule 37, the Texas Railroad Commission allows minerals you own to be taken from you – even if you do not lease them.
Intended to allow drilling in certain limited cases where the mineral owner can’t be found, it’s a bad idea as it stands.
The Railroad Commission wants to make it worse.
TAKE ACTION
Click here to tell the Texas Railroad Commission not to allow drillers to violate our property rights!
It has tentatively approved a change to Rule 37 that would allow a driller to take your minerals, without your consent or payment, so long as they notify you after the fact.
Obviously (to everyone except the Commission) this violates a number of bedrock American principles, like the right of a citizen to be compensated for takings of property.
As a mineral owner, at a minimum you should have the right to:
- Decide when/if you want to lease your minerals
- Decide who to lease your minerals to
- Defend your decisions in court
TAKE ACTION: act by Tuesday, March 22nd Tell the Texas Railroad Commission how you feel about Rule 37 and their proposed changes NOW.