Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety.

Contracts

• Master Service Agreements (MSAs): Amend security and logistics contracts to mandate cooperation with the DPS Organized Oilfield Theft Prevention Unit.
• Employment Agreements: Review confidentiality clauses. Ensure they explicitly permit immediate cooperation with state investigators regarding internal theft or misconduct to facilitate the Unit's focus on "criminal enterprises."

Hiring/Training

• Field Staff Training: Train lease operators and security personnel on evidence preservation. Unlike local theft reports, this Unit will employ forensic scientists; field staff must know how to preserve tire tracks, cut locks, and fluid samples for chemical fingerprinting before remediation begins.
• Vendor Vetting: Procurement officers must be retrained to strictly vet sources of used "machinery, pipe, and pumps" to avoid criminal liability for receiving stolen property under the Unit's intensified scrutiny.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Asset Serialization: The law mandates a centralized database for stolen items. You must ensure all high-value assets (rigs, pumps, yellow iron) are serialized or permanently marked. Unmarked assets will be unrecoverable under this new framework.
• Chemical Assays: Operators must maintain current chemical assays of crude production by field. The Unit will use forensic analysis to identify stolen product; your records must provide the baseline comparison.
• Incident Logs: Shift reporting workflows. Theft incidents must now be flagged for potential escalation to DPS, not just filed for insurance purposes.

Fees & Costs

• Direct Costs: None. The legislation does not levy new industry fees.
• Indirect Costs: Budget for potential upgrades to asset tagging technology (GPS/RFID) and legal counsel time for coordinating with the new Unit on active investigations.