Bill Text: TX HB2676 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the composition and use of money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-11 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB2676 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2676-Introduced.html
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By: Geren | H.B. No. 2676 |
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relating to the composition and use of money in the oil and gas | ||
regulation and cleanup fund. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 81.0531(e), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) A penalty collected under this section shall be | ||
deposited to the credit of the oil and gas regulation and | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources Code, as | ||
amended by Chapters 57 (H.B. 1818), 72 (S.B. 1422), and 324 (S.B. | ||
1488), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is | ||
reenacted and 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) 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; | ||
(23) fees collected under Section 91.0115; | ||
(24) fees collected under Subchapter E, Chapter 121, | ||
Utilities Code; | ||
(25) fees collected under Section 27.0321, Water Code; | ||
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(26) fees collected under Section 81.071; | ||
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(28) penalties collected under Section 81.0531; | ||
(29) taxes collected under Chapter 122, Utilities | ||
Code; and | ||
(30) penalties and interest collected under | ||
Subchapter E, Chapter 122, Utilities Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2031, Section 81.067(c), | ||
Natural Resources Code, as amended by Chapters 57 (H.B. 1818), 72 | ||
(S.B. 1422), and 324 (S.B. 1488), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and 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) 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; | ||
(23) fees collected under Section 91.0115; | ||
(24) fees collected under Subchapter E, Chapter 121, | ||
Utilities Code; | ||
(25) fees collected under Section 27.0321, Water Code; | ||
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(26) fees collected under Section 81.071; | ||
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(28) penalties collected under Section 81.0531. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 81.068, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.068. PURPOSES OF OIL AND GAS REGULATION AND CLEANUP | ||
FUND. Money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund may be | ||
used by the commission or its employees or agents for any purpose | ||
related to the regulation of oil and gas development, including oil | ||
and gas monitoring and inspections, oil and gas remediation, and | ||
oil and gas well plugging, the study and evaluation of electronic | ||
access to geologic data and surface casing depths necessary to | ||
protect usable groundwater in this state, alternative fuels | ||
regulatory programs related to liquefied petroleum gas, compressed | ||
natural gas, and liquefied natural gas safety, the administration | ||
of pipeline safety and regulatory programs, public information and | ||
services related to those activities, the regulation of the rates | ||
and services of gas utilities, the administration of surface mining | ||
regulatory programs, and administrative costs and state benefits | ||
for personnel involved in those activities. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 81.116(d), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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reductions set out in Sections 202.052, 202.054, 202.056, 202.057, | ||
202.059, and 202.060, Tax Code, do not affect the fee imposed by | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 81.117(d), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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reductions set out in Sections 201.053, 201.057, 201.058, and | ||
202.060, Tax Code, do not affect the fee imposed by this section. | ||
SECTION 7. Subchapter C, Chapter 122, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 122.1035 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 122.1035. DEPOSIT OF TAX. A tax collected under this | ||
chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the oil and gas | ||
regulation and cleanup fund. This section expires September 1, | ||
2031. | ||
SECTION 8. Subchapter E, Chapter 122, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 122.206 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 122.206. DEPOSIT OF PENALTIES AND INTEREST. Penalties | ||
and interest collected under this subchapter shall be deposited to | ||
the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund. This | ||
section expires September 1, 2031. | ||
SECTION 9. Section 81.067(b), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 10. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
codes. | ||
SECTION 11. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |