By: Crownover (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3309
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
  May 2, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the composition and use of money in the oil and gas
  regulation and cleanup fund.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The fund consists of:
               (1)  proceeds from bonds and other financial security
  required by this chapter and benefits under well-specific plugging
  insurance policies described by Section 91.104(c) that are paid to
  the state as contingent beneficiary of the policies, subject to the
  refund provisions of Section 91.1091, if applicable;
               (2)  private contributions, including contributions
  made under Section 89.084;
               (3)  expenses collected under Section 89.083;
               (4)  fees imposed under Section 85.2021;
               (5)  costs recovered under Section 91.457 or 91.459;
               (6)  proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and
  91.115;
               (7)  interest earned on the funds deposited in the
  fund;
               (8)  oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees
  collected under Section 29.015, Water Code;
               (9)  costs recovered under Section 91.113(f);
               (10)  hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees
  collected under Section 91.605;
               (11)  oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil
  collected under Section 81.116;
               (12)  oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas
  collected under Section 81.117;
               (13)  fees for a reissued certificate collected under
  Section 91.707;
               (14)  fees collected under Section 91.1013;
               (15)  fees collected under Section 89.088;
               (16)  fees collected under Section 91.142;
               (17)  fees collected under Section 91.654;
               (18)  costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657;
               (19)  two-thirds of the fees collected under Section
  81.0521;
               (20)  fees collected under Sections 89.024 and 89.026;
               (21)  legislative appropriations; [and]
               (22)  any surcharges collected under Section 81.070;
  and
               (23)  fees collected under Section 91.0115.
         SECTION 2.  Section 81.068, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 81.068.  PURPOSE OF OIL AND GAS REGULATION AND CLEANUP
  FUND.  Money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund may be
  used by the commission or its employees or agents for any purpose
  related to the regulation of oil and gas development, including oil
  and gas monitoring and inspections, oil and gas remediation, oil
  and gas well plugging, public information and services related to
  those activities, the study and evaluation of electronic access to
  geologic data and surface casing depths necessary to protect usable
  groundwater in this state, and administrative costs and state
  benefits for personnel involved in those activities.
         SECTION 3.  Section 91.0115, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The commission shall charge a fee not to exceed $75, in
  addition to the fee required by Subsection (b), for processing a
  request to expedite a letter of determination.  [Money collected
  under this subsection may be used to study and evaluate electronic
  access to geologic data and surface casing depths under Section
  91.020.]
         (d)  The fees collected under this section shall be deposited
  in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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