By: Seliger S.B. No. 2170
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
April 30, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 30, 2009,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2170 By: Seliger
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount and use of certain fees imposed in connection
with oil and gas activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 81.116, Natural
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) An oil-field cleanup regulatory fee is imposed on crude
petroleum produced in this state in the amount of five-sixteenths
[five-eighths] of one cent on each barrel of 42 standard gallons.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 81.117, Natural
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) An oil-field cleanup regulatory fee is imposed on gas
initially produced and saved in this state in the amount of
one-thirtieth [one-fifteenth] of one cent for each thousand cubic
feet.
SECTION 3. Subsection (d), Section 85.2021, Natural
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
(d) One-half of the [All] fees collected under this section
shall be deposited in the state oil-field cleanup fund, and
one-half of the fees collected under this section shall be
deposited in the oil and gas regulatory and development fund.
SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 85, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 85.2022 to read as follows:
Sec. 85.2022. OIL AND GAS REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT FUND.
(a) The oil and gas regulatory and development fund is created as a
special account in the general revenue fund. The fund consists of
one-half of the fees imposed under Section 85.2021.
(b) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the
commission for activities related to the regulation and development
of oil and gas.
SECTION 5. Subsection (c), Section 91.111, Natural
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) penalties imposed under Section 85.381 for
violation of a law, order, or rule relating to well plugging
requirements;
(2) 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;
(3) private contributions, including contributions
made under Section 89.084;
(4) expenses collected under Section 89.083;
(5) one-half of the fees imposed under Section
85.2021;
(6) civil penalties collected for violations of
Chapter 89 or of rules or orders relating to plugging that are
adopted under this code;
(7) proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and
91.115;
(8) interest earned on the funds deposited in the
fund;
(9) civil penalties or costs recovered under Section
91.457 or 91.459;
(10) oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees
collected under Section 29.015, Water Code;
(11) costs recovered under Section 91.113(f);
(12) hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees
collected under Section 91.605;
(13) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil
collected under Section 81.116;
(14) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas
collected under Section 81.117;
(15) fees for a reissued certificate collected under
Section 91.707;
(16) fees collected under Section 91.1013;
(17) fees collected under Section 89.088;
(18) penalties collected under Section 81.0531;
(19) fees collected under Section 91.142;
(20) fees collected under Section 91.654;
(21) costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657;
(22) two-thirds of the fees collected under Section
81.0521; and
(23) legislative appropriations.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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