Bill Text: TX HB3212 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the imposition of a fee on oil and gas waste disposed of by injection in a commercial injection well permitted by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HB3212 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3212-Introduced.html
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By: Burnam | H.B. No. 3212 |
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relating to the imposition of a fee on oil and gas waste disposed of | ||
by injection in a commercial injection well permitted by the | ||
Railroad Commission of Texas. | ||
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. OIL-FIELD CLEANUP REGULATORY FEE ON OIL AND | ||
GAS WASTE DISPOSED OF IN COMMERCIAL INJECTION WELL. (a) In this | ||
section, "commercial injection well" means an injection well the | ||
business purpose of which includes providing to the public, for | ||
compensation, disposal of oil and gas waste by injection. | ||
(b) An oil-field cleanup regulatory fee is imposed on oil | ||
and gas waste disposed of by injection in a commercial injection | ||
well permitted by the railroad commission under this chapter in the | ||
amount of one cent for each barrel of 42 standard gallons. | ||
(c) The comptroller shall collect the fee. The comptroller | ||
by rule shall prescribe the manner in which the fee is administered, | ||
collected, and enforced. | ||
(d) The comptroller shall deposit the proceeds from the fee, | ||
including any penalties collected in connection with the fee, to | ||
the credit of the oil-field cleanup fund as provided by Section | ||
91.111, Natural Resources Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 91.111(c), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The fund consists of: | ||
(1) penalties imposed under Section 85.381 for | ||
violation of a law, order, or rule relating to well plugging | ||
requirements; | ||
(2) 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; | ||
(3) private contributions, including contributions | ||
made under Section 89.084; | ||
(4) expenses collected under Section 89.083; | ||
(5) fees imposed under Section 85.2021; | ||
(6) civil penalties collected for violations of | ||
Chapter 89 or of rules or orders relating to plugging that are | ||
adopted under this code; | ||
(7) proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and | ||
91.115; | ||
(8) interest earned on the funds deposited in the | ||
fund; | ||
(9) civil penalties or costs recovered under Section | ||
91.457 or 91.459; | ||
(10) oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees | ||
collected under Section 29.015, Water Code; | ||
(11) costs recovered under Section 91.113(f); | ||
(12) hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees | ||
collected under Section 91.605; | ||
(13) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil | ||
collected under Section 81.116; | ||
(14) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas | ||
collected under Section 81.117; | ||
(15) fees for a reissued certificate collected under | ||
Section 91.707; | ||
(16) fees collected under Section 91.1013; | ||
(17) fees collected under Section 89.088; | ||
(18) penalties collected under Section 81.0531; | ||
(19) fees collected under Section 91.142; | ||
(20) fees collected under Section 91.654; | ||
(21) costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657; | ||
(22) two-thirds of the fees collected under Section | ||
81.0521; | ||
(23) fees collected under Sections 89.024 and 89.026; | ||
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(24) legislative appropriations; and | ||
(25) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil and gas | ||
waste disposed of by injection in a commercial injection well | ||
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, 2011. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |