84R5012 PAM-D
 
  By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 3947
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to county fee imposed on operators of oil and gas waste
  disposal wells.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 240.908 to read as follows:
         Sec. 240.908.  OIL AND GAS WASTE DISPOSAL WELL IMPACT FEE.
  (a) In this section:
               (1)  "Injection well" and "oil and gas waste" have the
  meanings assigned by Section 27.002, Water Code.
               (2)  "Oil and gas waste disposal well" means an
  injection well that is used for the injection of oil and gas waste.
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county may impose a fee on
  each operator of an oil and gas waste disposal well located in the
  county. The fee may be assessed in an amount and on a schedule as
  determined by the commissioners court to adequately provide funds
  to the county for maintaining county roads that suffer
  deterioration caused by activities associated with oil and gas
  waste disposal in the county.
         (c)  Funds collected under this section shall be deposited in
  the county's general fund. The funds may be used only for
  maintaining county roads that suffer deterioration caused by
  activities associated with oil and gas waste disposal in the
  county.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.