Sec. 201.252.  PRODUCER'S REMEDY.  If a purchaser withholds the amount of the tax imposed by this chapter from payments to a producer for the sale of gas and fails to pay the tax as provided by this chapter, the producer may sue the purchaser to recover the amount of the tax withheld, penalties and interest that have accrued from failure to pay the tax, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1732, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.