By Ogden                                              S.B. No. 1792
         77R9991 QS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the Natural Gas Policy Act application fee.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 81.0522(a), Natural Resources Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  With each Natural Gas Policy Act (15 U.S.C. Sections
 1-7     3301-3432) application, the applicant shall submit to the
 1-8     commission a fee [of $50].  The commission shall set the
 1-9     application fee in an amount necessary to cover the cost of the
1-10     commission's well category determination program but not to exceed
1-11     $150.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.