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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