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.