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Texas Water Code - Section 26.35731. Consideration And Processing Of Applications For Reimbursement

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§ 26.35731. CONSIDERATION AND PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS 
FOR REIMBURSEMENT.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the 
commission shall consider and process a claim by an eligible owner 
or operator for reimbursement from the petroleum storage tank 
remediation account in the order in which it is received.  The 
commission shall consider and process all claims by eligible owners 
and operators for reimbursement from the account that were received 
before September 1, 1995, before the commission considers a claim 
received after that date.

Text of subsec. (b) as amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 722, 
§ 7
	(b)  The commission may postpone considering, processing, or 
paying a claim for reimbursement from the petroleum storage tank 
remediation account for corrective action work begun without prior 
commission approval after September 1, 1993, that is filed with the 
commission before January 1, 2005.

Text of subsec. (b) as amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 899, 
§ 5.03
	(b)  The commission has discretion whether to postpone 
considering, processing, or paying a claim for reimbursement from 
the petroleum storage tank remediation account for corrective 
action work begun without prior commission approval after September 
1, 1993, and filed with the commission prior to January 1, 2005.
	(c)  Not later than the 90th day after the date on which the 
commission receives a completed application for reimbursement from 
the petroleum storage tank remediation account, the commission 
shall send a fund payment report to the owner or operator of a 
petroleum storage tank system that is seeking reimbursement, if 
sufficient funds are available to make the payment.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 315, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 333, § 24, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1441, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 200, § 6(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 722, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2005;  Acts 2005, 
79th Leg., ch. 899, § 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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