(a) The oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund is created as an account in the general revenue fund of the state treasury.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 55 (H.B. 2675), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.

Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code 81.067

  • Contingent beneficiary: Receiver of property or benefits if the first named beneficiary fails to receive any or all of the property or benefits in question before his (her) death.

(c) The fund consists of:
(1) proceeds from bonds and other financial security required by this chapter and benefits under well-specific plugging insurance policies described by § 91.104(c) that are paid to the state as contingent beneficiary of the policies, subject to the refund provisions of § 91.1091, if applicable;
(2) private contributions, including contributions made under § 89.084;
(3) expenses collected under § 89.083;
(4) fees imposed under § 85.2021;
(5) costs recovered under § 91.457 or 91.459;
(6) proceeds collected under Sections 89.085 and 91.115;
(7) interest earned on the funds deposited in the fund;
(8) oil and gas waste hauler permit application fees collected under § 29.015, Water Code;
(9) costs recovered under § 91.113(f);
(10) hazardous oil and gas waste generation fees collected under § 91.605;
(11) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on oil collected under § 81.116;
(12) oil-field cleanup regulatory fees on gas collected under § 81.117;
(13) fees for a reissued certificate collected under § 91.707;
(14) fees collected under § 91.1013;
(15) fees collected under § 89.088;
(16) fees collected under § 91.142;
(17) fees collected under § 91.654;
(18) costs recovered under Sections 91.656 and 91.657;
(19) fees collected under § 81.0521;
(20) fees collected under Sections 89.024 and 89.026;
(21) legislative appropriations;
(22) any surcharges collected under § 81.070;
(23) fees collected under § 91.0115;
(24) fees collected under Subchapter E, Chapter 121, Utilities Code;
(25) fees collected under § 27.0321, Water Code;
(26) fees collected under § 81.071; and
(27) money collected under § 81.021.