Sec. 91.407.  NOTICE OF CHANGE OF PAYOR.  (a)  Following a change in payor, the new payor shall give written notice to each payee to whom the payor is responsible for distributing oil or gas proceeds.  The notice must be given to the payee or the payee's designee at the payee's or designee's most recent known address.
(b)  Upon receipt of payee's address from the operator or lessee, the payor must provide the notice within the time permitted for payment of proceeds and in accordance with the conditions for payment provided by Section 91.402.  The notice must include:
(1)  the information required by Sections 91.502(1), (2), and (12) and Section 91.503;  and
(2)  the payor's telephone number.
(c)  The notice may be given by any writing, including a division order, check stub, or attachment to a payment form.
(d)  A payor that is obligated to pay interest to a payee under Section 91.403 and that does not give the payee a notice required by this section is liable to the payee for interest under that section at a rate that is two percent more than the rate provided by that section.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1432, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.