| 1 | 1 | | 85R9202 SMH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burton S.B. No. 1817 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the deposit of the gas utility pipeline tax to the |
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| 8 | 8 | | credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to conform to the repeal of Section 81.112, Natural |
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| 12 | 12 | | Resources Code, by Chapter 470 (S.B. 757), Acts of the 84th |
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| 13 | 13 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and is further amended to read |
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| 14 | 14 | | as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) The fund consists of: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) proceeds from bonds and other financial security |
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| 17 | 17 | | required by this chapter and benefits under well-specific plugging |
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| 18 | 18 | | insurance policies described by Section 91.104(c) that are paid to |
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| 19 | 19 | | the state as contingent beneficiary of the policies, subject to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | refund provisions of Section 91.1091, if applicable; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) private contributions, including contributions |
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| 22 | 22 | | made under Section 89.084; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) expenses collected under Section 89.083; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) fees imposed under Section 85.2021; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) costs recovered under Section 91.457 or 91.459; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and |
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| 27 | 27 | | 91.115; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (7) interest earned on the funds deposited in the |
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| 29 | 29 | | fund; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (8) oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees |
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| 31 | 31 | | collected under Section 29.015, Water Code; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (9) costs recovered under Section 91.113(f); |
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| 33 | 33 | | (10) hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees |
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| 34 | 34 | | collected under Section 91.605; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (11) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil |
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| 36 | 36 | | collected under Section 81.116; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (12) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas |
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| 38 | 38 | | collected under Section 81.117; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (13) fees for a reissued certificate collected under |
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| 40 | 40 | | Section 91.707; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (14) fees collected under Section 91.1013; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (15) fees collected under Section 89.088; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (16) fees collected under Section 91.142; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (17) fees collected under Section 91.654; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (18) costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (19) fees collected under Section 81.0521; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (20) fees collected under Sections 89.024 and 89.026; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (21) legislative appropriations; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (22) any surcharges collected under Section 81.070; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (23) fees collected under Section 91.0115; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (24) [money deposited to the credit of the fund under |
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| 52 | 52 | | Section 81.112; |
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| 53 | 53 | | [(25)] fees collected under Subchapter E, Chapter 121, |
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| 54 | 54 | | Utilities Code; [and] |
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| 55 | 55 | | (25) [(26)] fees collected under Section 27.0321, |
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| 56 | 56 | | Water Code; and |
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| 57 | 57 | | (26) taxes collected under Chapter 122, Utilities |
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| 58 | 58 | | Code. |
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| 59 | 59 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 122, Utilities Code, is |
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| 60 | 60 | | amended by adding Section 122.1035 to read as follows: |
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| 61 | 61 | | Sec. 122.1035. DEPOSIT OF TAX. A tax collected under this |
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| 62 | 62 | | chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the oil and gas |
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| 63 | 63 | | regulation and cleanup fund. |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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| 65 | 65 | | over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, |
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| 66 | 66 | | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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| 67 | 67 | | codes. |
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| 68 | 68 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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