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78R7768 MI-F

By:  Jones of Bexar                                               H.B. No. 2301



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the collection of oil-field cleanup regulatory fees.              
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 81.116(b) and (d), Natural Resources 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The fee is in addition to, and independent of any 
liability for, the taxes imposed under Section 81.111 of this code 
and Chapter 202, Tax Code.
	(d)  The comptroller shall suspend collection of the fee in 
the manner provided by Section 91.111 of this code.  The exemptions 
and reductions set out in Sections 202.052, 202.054, 202.056, 
202.057, and 202.059, Tax Code, do not affect the fee imposed by 
this section.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 81.117(b) and (d), Natural Resources 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The fee is in addition to, and independent of any 
liability for, the tax imposed under Section 201.052, Tax Code.
	(d)  The comptroller shall suspend collection of the fee in 
the manner provided by Section 91.111 of this code. The exemptions 
and reductions set out in Sections 201.053, 201.057, and 201.058, 
Tax Code, do not affect the fee imposed by this section.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.