By:  West (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)                           H.B. No. 1195
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2003; 
April 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural 
Resources; May 23, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 23, 2003, sent to printer.)


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.                           



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