Bill Text: TX HB2675 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of the provisions providing for the suspension of the collection of certain fees when the balance in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund exceeds a specified amount.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-17 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2675 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2675-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2675

AN ACT
relating to the repeal of the provisions providing for the
suspension of the collection of certain fees when the balance in the
oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund exceeds a specified amount.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 81.116(d), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) [The comptroller shall suspend collection of the fee in
the manner provided by Section 81.067.] The exemptions and
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 2. Section 81.117(d), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) [The comptroller shall suspend collection of the fee in
the manner provided by Section 81.067.] The exemptions and
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 3. Section 81.067(b), Natural Resources Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2675 was passed by the House on April
16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2675 was passed by the Senate on May
3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor