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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deposit of the gas utility pipeline tax to the |
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credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to conform to the repeal of Section 81.112, Natural |
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Resources Code, by Chapter 470 (S.B. 757), Acts of the 84th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and is further amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(c) The fund consists of: |
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(1) proceeds from bonds and other financial security |
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required by this chapter and benefits under well-specific plugging |
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insurance policies described by Section 91.104(c) that are paid to |
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the state as contingent beneficiary of the policies, subject to the |
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refund provisions of Section 91.1091, if applicable; |
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(2) private contributions, including contributions |
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made under Section 89.084; |
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(3) expenses collected under Section 89.083; |
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(4) fees imposed under Section 85.2021; |
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(5) costs recovered under Section 91.457 or 91.459; |
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(6) proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and |
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91.115; |
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(7) interest earned on the funds deposited in the |
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fund; |
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(8) oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees |
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collected under Section 29.015, Water Code; |
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(9) costs recovered under Section 91.113(f); |
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(10) hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees |
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collected under Section 91.605; |
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(11) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil |
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collected under Section 81.116; |
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(12) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas |
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collected under Section 81.117; |
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(13) fees for a reissued certificate collected under |
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Section 91.707; |
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(14) fees collected under Section 91.1013; |
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(15) fees collected under Section 89.088; |
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(16) fees collected under Section 91.142; |
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(17) fees collected under Section 91.654; |
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(18) costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657; |
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(19) fees collected under Section 81.0521; |
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(20) fees collected under Sections 89.024 and 89.026; |
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(21) legislative appropriations; |
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(22) any surcharges collected under Section 81.070; |
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(23) fees collected under Section 91.0115; |
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(24) [money deposited to the credit of the fund under
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Section 81.112;
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[(25)] fees collected under Subchapter E, Chapter 121, |
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Utilities Code; [and] |
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(25) [(26)] fees collected under Section 27.0321, |
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Water Code; and |
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(26) taxes collected under Chapter 122, Utilities |
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Code. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 122, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 122.1035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 122.1035. DEPOSIT OF TAX. A tax collected under this |
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chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the oil and gas |
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regulation and cleanup fund. |
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SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |