78R5678 MI-F

By:  West                                                         H.B. No. 1195



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the fee for a reissued certificate of compliance for an 
oil lease or gas well.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 85.167(a), Natural Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  If a certificate of compliance for an oil lease or gas 
well has been canceled for violation of one or more commission 
rules, the commission may not issue a new certificate of compliance 
until the owner or operator submits to the commission a 
nonrefundable fee of $300 for each severance or seal order issued 
for the lease or well [$100].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.