S.B. No. 1667

	AN ACT
	relating to the amount of an administrative penalty assessed by the
	Railroad Commission of Texas for a violation of the Texas Surface
	Coal Mining and Reclamation Act or a permit issued under that act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 134.174, Natural
	Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The penalty may not exceed $10,000 [$5,000] for each
	violation. Each day a violation continues may be considered a
	separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to the assessment of an administrative penalty under Section
	134.174, Natural Resources Code, for a violation that occurs on or
	after the effective date of this Act. The assessment of an
	administrative penalty under Section 134.174, Natural Resources
	Code, for a violation that occurs before the effective date of this
	Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the violation
	occurred, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1667 passed the Senate on
	April 12, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1667 passed the House on
	May 15, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor