By:  Brown                                             S.B. No. 324
         2001S0817/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to fees charged for underground injection wells.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 27.014, Water Code, is amended to read as
 1-5     follows:
 1-6           Sec. 27.014.  APPLICATION FEE.  With each application for a
 1-7     disposal well permit, the commission shall collect a fee in the
 1-8     amount provided in and under the terms of Section 5.235 [of $25]
 1-9     for the benefit of the state and its natural resources.
1-10           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-11     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-12     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-13     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-14     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.