Bill Text: TX SB1105 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the abolishment of the used oil recycling account, deposits of used oil recycling fees, and use of the water resource management account.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1105 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1105-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the abolishment of the used oil recycling account, deposits of used oil recycling fees, and use of the water resource management account.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1105 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1105-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hinojosa, Estes | S.B. No. 1105 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2017; March 7, 2017, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & | ||
Economic Development; April 3, 2017, reported favorably by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 3, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the abolishment of the used oil recycling account, | ||
deposits of used oil recycling fees, and use of the water resource | ||
management account. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 371.0245(e), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) Reimbursements made under this section shall be paid out | ||
of the water resource management account [ |
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fiscal year. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 371.0246(d), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) All claims for reimbursement filed under this section | ||
and Section 371.0245 are subject to funds available for | ||
disbursement in the water resource management account [ |
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does not create an entitlement to money in the water resource | ||
management account [ |
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SECTION 3. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 371, Health | ||
and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. USED OIL RECYCLING [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 371.061, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 371.061. DEPOSIT OF FEES; USE OF FEE REVENUE [ |
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resource management account [ |
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(1) fees collected under Sections 371.024, 371.026, | ||
and 371.062; | ||
(2) interest and penalties imposed under this chapter | ||
for late payment of fees, failure to file a report, or other | ||
violations of this chapter; and | ||
(3) gifts, grants, donations, or other financial | ||
assistance the commission is authorized to receive under Section | ||
371.027. | ||
(b) In addition to other authorized uses of money in the | ||
water resource management account, the [ |
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use money in that [ |
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this chapter, including: | ||
(1) public education regarding used oil recycling; | ||
(2) grants to public and private do-it-yourselfer used | ||
oil collection centers and used oil collection centers; | ||
(3) registration of do-it-yourselfer used oil | ||
collection centers, used oil collection centers, and used oil | ||
handlers other than generators; and | ||
(4) administrative costs of implementing this | ||
chapter. | ||
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SECTION 5. Section 371.062(l), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(l) The comptroller may deduct a percentage of the fees | ||
collected under this section in an amount sufficient to pay the | ||
reasonable and necessary costs of administering and enforcing this | ||
section. The comptroller shall credit the amount deducted to the | ||
general revenue fund. The balance of fees and all penalties and | ||
interest collected under this section shall be deposited to the | ||
credit of the water resource management account [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 5.701(q), Water Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(q) Notwithstanding any other law, fees collected for | ||
deposit to the water resource management account under the | ||
following statutes may be appropriated and used to protect water | ||
resources in this state, including assessment of water quality, | ||
reasonably related to the activities of any of the persons required | ||
to pay a fee under: | ||
(1) Subsections (b) and (c), to the extent those fees | ||
are collected in connection with water use or water quality | ||
permits; | ||
(2) Subsections (h)-(l); | ||
(3) Section 11.138(g); | ||
(4) Section 11.145; | ||
(5) Section 26.0135(h); | ||
(6) Sections 26.0291, 26.044, and 26.0461; or | ||
(7) Sections 341.041, 366.058, [ |
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371.024, 371.026, and 371.062, Health and Safety Code. | ||
SECTION 7. On September 1, 2017, money remaining in the used | ||
oil recycling account is transferred to the water resource | ||
management account, and the used oil recycling account is | ||
abolished. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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