By: Paddie	H.B. No. 4044

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the imposition of a fee on a holder of a permit for an
	oil and gas waste disposal well.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 27.037 to read as follows:
	Sec. 27.037.  FEE ON HOLDER OF PERMIT FOR OIL AND GAS WASTE
	DISPOSAL WELL. (a)  A fee is imposed on a holder of a permit for an
	oil and gas waste disposal well. The amount of the fee is 20 cents
	for each barrel of 42 standard gallons of oil and gas waste
	delivered to the well for injection in the well if the waste was
	produced from a well that is not located in:
	(1)  the disposal district in which the disposal well
	is located; or
	(2)  a disposal district adjacent to the disposal
	district in which the disposal well is located.
	(b)  A holder of a permit for an oil and gas waste disposal
	well shall collect the fee imposed under this section from the
	generator of the waste and remit the fee to the comptroller.
	(c)  The comptroller shall:
	(1)  deposit 25 percent of the proceeds from the fees
	collected under this section to the credit of the oil and gas
	regulation and cleanup fund as provided by Section 81.067, Natural
	Resources Code; and
	(2)  send 75 percent of the proceeds from the fees
	collected under this section to the counties of this state, with
	each county receiving an amount determined according to the ratio
	of the amount of fees collected in connection with oil and gas waste
	delivered to disposal wells in the county to the total amount of
	fees collected under this section.
	(d)  The comptroller shall send the amount due each county
	under Subsection (d)(2) to the county treasurer or officer
	performing the function of that office at least twice each state
	fiscal year.
	(e)  The county treasurer or officer shall deposit amounts
	received under this section to the credit of the county road and
	bridge fund. Money deposited to the credit of that fund under this
	subsection may be used only for a purpose authorized by Section
	256.001(a), Transportation Code.
	(f)  The comptroller by rule shall prescribe the manner in
	which the fee imposed under this section is administered,
	collected, and enforced.
	(g)  The railroad commission by rule may divide the state
	into disposal districts for purposes of administering Subsection
	(a). For purposes of Subsection (a), the railroad commission's oil
	and gas division districts are the disposal districts until the
	railroad commission by rule establishes disposal districts under
	this subsection.
	(h)  The railroad commission by rule may provide for one or
	more exemptions from the fee prescribed by this section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources Code, is
	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)  two-thirds of the 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;
	[and]
	(23)  fees collected under Section 91.0115; and
	(24)  fees collected under Section 27.037, Water Code.
	SECTION 3.  The comptroller shall adopt rules as necessary
	to implement Section 27.037, Water Code, as added by this Act, not
	later than December 1, 2015.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.