By: Brown S.B. No. 324
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to applications and fees for underground injection well
1-3 permits.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 27.014, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 27.014. APPLICATIONS [APPLICATION FEE]. With each
1-8 application for a disposal well permit, the commission shall
1-9 collect a fee in the amount provided in and under the terms of
1-10 Section 5.235. The application for a hazardous or nonhazardous
1-11 disposal well permit shall be processed in accordance with this
1-12 chapter [of $25] for the benefit of the state and the preservation
1-13 of its natural resources.
1-14 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act regarding the
1-15 decisions by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
1-16 apply to all applications for injection wells pending on or
1-17 submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-21 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.