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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount and use of certain fees imposed in connection |
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with oil and gas activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 81.116, Natural |
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Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An oil-field cleanup regulatory fee is imposed on crude |
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petroleum produced in this state in the amount of five-sixteenths |
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[five-eighths] of one cent on each barrel of 42 standard gallons. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 81.117, Natural |
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Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An oil-field cleanup regulatory fee is imposed on gas |
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initially produced and saved in this state in the amount of |
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one-thirtieth [one-fifteenth] of one cent for each thousand cubic |
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feet. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (d), Section 85.2021, Natural |
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Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) One-half of the [All] fees collected under this section |
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shall be deposited in the state oil-field cleanup fund, and |
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one-half of the fees collected under this section shall be |
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deposited in the oil and gas regulatory and development fund. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 85, Natural Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 85.2022 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 85.2022. OIL AND GAS REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT FUND. |
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(a) The oil and gas regulatory and development fund is created as a |
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special account in the general revenue fund. The fund consists of |
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one-half of the fees imposed under Section 85.2021. |
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(b) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the |
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commission for activities related to the regulation and development |
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of oil and gas. |
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SECTION 5. Subsection (c), Section 91.111, Natural |
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Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The fund consists of: |
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(1) penalties imposed under Section 85.381 for |
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violation of a law, order, or rule relating to well plugging |
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requirements; |
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(2) proceeds from bonds and other financial security |
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required by this chapter and benefits under well-specific plugging |
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insurance policies described by Section 91.104(c) that are paid to |
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the state as contingent beneficiary of the policies, subject to the |
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refund provisions of Section 91.1091, if applicable; |
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(3) private contributions, including contributions |
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made under Section 89.084; |
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(4) expenses collected under Section 89.083; |
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(5) one-half of the fees imposed under Section |
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85.2021; |
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(6) civil penalties collected for violations of |
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Chapter 89 or of rules or orders relating to plugging that are |
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adopted under this code; |
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(7) proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and |
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91.115; |
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(8) interest earned on the funds deposited in the |
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fund; |
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(9) civil penalties or costs recovered under Section |
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91.457 or 91.459; |
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(10) oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees |
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collected under Section 29.015, Water Code; |
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(11) costs recovered under Section 91.113(f); |
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(12) hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees |
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collected under Section 91.605; |
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(13) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil |
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collected under Section 81.116; |
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(14) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas |
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collected under Section 81.117; |
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(15) fees for a reissued certificate collected under |
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Section 91.707; |
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(16) fees collected under Section 91.1013; |
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(17) fees collected under Section 89.088; |
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(18) penalties collected under Section 81.0531; |
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(19) fees collected under Section 91.142; |
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(20) fees collected under Section 91.654; |
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(21) costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657; |
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(22) two-thirds of the fees collected under Section |
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81.0521; and |
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(23) legislative appropriations. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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