Sec. 81.117. OIL-FIELD CLEANUP REGULATORY FEE ON GAS. (a) An oil-field cleanup regulatory fee is imposed on gas initially produced and saved in this state in the amount of one-fifteenth of one cent for each thousand cubic feet.
(b) The fee is in addition to, and independent of any liability for, the tax imposed under Section 201.052, Tax Code.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the administration, collection, and enforcement of the fee is the same as for the tax imposed under Section 201.052, Tax Code.
(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.
(e) Proceeds from the fee, excluding any penalties collected in connection with the fee, shall be deposited to the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund as provided by Section 81.067.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 267 (H.B. 2161), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2006.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 19.05, eff. September 28, 2011.
Last modified: September 28, 2016