Sec. 134.055. ANNUAL FEES. (a) In addition to the application fees required by Section 134.054, each permit holder shall pay to the commission the following annual fees:

(1) a fee for each acre of land in the permit area on which the permit holder actually conducted operations for removing coal during the year;

(2) a fee for each acre of land in the bonded permit area on December 31 of the year; and

(3) a fee for the permit if the permit was in effect on December 31 of the year.

(b) A fee under Subsection (a) is due not later than March 15 of the year following the year for which the fee was imposed.

(c) The commission shall determine the amount of each fee under Subsection (a).

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 179 (H.B. 472), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.