Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 81.117 · Subchapter E. FEES

OIL-FIELD CLEANUP REGULATORY FEE ON GAS.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(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 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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 55 (H.B. 2675), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.

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Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 81.117 · Subchapter E. FEES

OIL-FIELD CLEANUP REGULATORY FEE ON GAS.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(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 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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 55 (H.B. 2675), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.81.htm
Text hash: sha256 135d375f3121aced6e30fe0a6415ee404953b324d640c624fe03d3cf1af74b4f
Composed by: compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character

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Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 81.067OIL AND GAS REGULATION AND CLEANUP FUND.Printed as Section 81.067

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