1-1     By:  Brown                                             S.B. No. 324
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     March 28, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 28, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to fees charged for underground injection wells.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Section 27.014, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-11     follows:
1-12           Sec. 27.014.  APPLICATION FEE.  With each application for a
1-13     disposal well permit, the commission shall collect a fee in the
1-14     amount provided in and under the terms of Section 5.235 [of $25]
1-15     for the benefit of the state and its natural resources.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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