85R9202 SMH-D
By: Burton S.B. No. 1817
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deposit of the gas utility pipeline tax to the
credit of 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 conform to the repeal of Section 81.112, Natural
Resources Code, by Chapter 470 (S.B. 757), Acts of the 84th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and is further 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) fees collected under Section 81.0521;
(20) fees collected under Sections 89.024 and 89.026;
(21) legislative appropriations;
(22) any surcharges collected under Section 81.070;
(23) fees collected under Section 91.0115;
(24) [money deposited to the credit of the fund under
Section 81.112;
[(25)] fees collected under Subchapter E, Chapter 121,
Utilities Code; [and]
(25) [(26)] fees collected under Section 27.0321,
Water Code; and
(26) taxes collected under Chapter 122, Utilities
Code.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 122, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 122.1035 to read as follows:
Sec. 122.1035. DEPOSIT OF TAX. A tax collected under this
chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the oil and gas
regulation and cleanup fund.
SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.