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| 1 | 1 | By: Hughes S.B. No. 2800 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the imposition of a fee for oil and gas waste that is not | |
| 9 | 9 | produced in this state. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | by adding Section 27.0322 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 27.0322. DISPOSAL FEE. (a) For oil and gas waste that | |
| 14 | 14 | is not produced in this state, the commission shall impose a fee of | |
| 15 | 15 | 20 cents per barrel of oil and gas waste. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) Notwithstanding any other law, contract, or agreement, | |
| 17 | 17 | the cost of a fee imposed under this section may be passed on to the | |
| 18 | 18 | producer of the oil and gas waste if the person required to pay the | |
| 19 | 19 | fee is not the producer. | |
| 20 | 20 | (c) The fee collected under this section shall be deposited | |
| 21 | 21 | to the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 81.067, Natural Resources Code. | |
| 23 | 23 | (d) The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement | |
| 24 | 24 | this section. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |