1-1     By:  Ogden                                            S.B. No. 1792
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed April 3, 2001; April 4, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     April 17, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 17, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the Natural Gas Policy Act application fee.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 81.0522, Natural
1-11     Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-12           (a)  With each Natural Gas Policy Act (15 U.S.C. Sections
1-13     3301-3432) application, the applicant shall submit to the
1-14     commission a fee [of $50].  The commission shall set the
1-15     application fee in an amount necessary to cover the cost of the
1-16     commission's well category determination program but not to exceed
1-17     $150.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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