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By: Darby H.C.R. No. 20
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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.