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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