89R9972 CMO-F
By: Zaffirini, Blanco S.B. No. 1054
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the criminal offense of oil and gas
equipment theft.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 31.19, Penal Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31.19. THEFT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT OR OIL AND GAS
EQUIPMENT.
SECTION 2. Section 31.19, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections
(b-1), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(a) In this section:
(1) "Oil and gas equipment" means machinery, drilling
equipment, welding equipment, pipeline equipment, fittings, pumps,
vehicles, or other equipment and materials that are part of or
incident to the exploration, development, maintenance, and
operation of oil and gas properties, including oil and gas wells,
oil and gas leases, gasoline plants, and refineries.
(2) "Petroleum [, "petroleum] product" means crude
oil, natural gas, or condensate.
(b-1) A person commits an offense if the person unlawfully
appropriates oil and gas equipment with intent to deprive the owner
of the oil and gas equipment by possessing, removing, delivering,
receiving, purchasing, selling, moving, concealing, or
transporting the oil and gas equipment.
(c) Appropriation of a petroleum product or oil and gas
equipment is unlawful if it is without the owner's effective
consent.
(d) An offense under Subsection (b) [this section] is:
(1) a state jail felony if the total value of the
petroleum product appropriated is less than $10,000;
(2) a felony of the third degree if the total value of
the petroleum product appropriated is $10,000 or more but less than
$100,000;
(3) a felony of the second degree if the total value of
the petroleum product appropriated is $100,000 or more but less
than $300,000; or
(4) a felony of the first degree if the total value of
the petroleum product appropriated is $300,000 or more.
(e) An offense under Subsection (b-1) is:
(1) a state jail felony if the total value of the oil
and gas equipment appropriated is $2,500 or more but less than
$10,000;
(2) a felony of the third degree if the total value of
the oil and gas equipment appropriated is $10,000 or more but less
than $100,000;
(3) a felony of the second degree if the total value of
the oil and gas equipment appropriated is $100,000 or more but less
than $300,000; or
(4) a felony of the first degree if the total value of
the oil and gas equipment appropriated is $300,000 or more.
(f) If conduct constituting an offense under this section is
also an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under
this section, the other law, or both.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.