Sec. 202.058. CREDITS FOR QUALIFYING LOW-PRODUCING OIL LEASES. (a) In this section:

(1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.

(2) "Qualifying low-producing oil lease" means a well classified as an oil well that is part of a lease whose production during a 90-day period is less than:

(A) 15 barrels of oil per day of production; or

(B) five percent recoverable oil per barrel of produced water.

(b) For purposes of qualifying a lease, production per well per day is determined by computing the average daily per well production from the lease using the greater of the monthly production from the well as reported in the monthly lease production reports made to the commission and the monthly production from the well as reported in the producer's reports made to the comptroller under Section 202.201, including any amendments to those reports. For purposes of qualifying a lease, production per well per day is measured by dividing the sum of lease production during the three-month period by the sum of the number of well-days, where a well-day is one well producing for one day. The operator of a lease that is eligible for a credit under this section only on the basis of Subsection (a)(2)(B) must pay to the comptroller a filing fee of $100 before the comptroller may authorize the credit.

(c) Each month, the comptroller shall certify the average taxable price of oil, adjusted to 2005 dollars, during the previous three months based on various price indices available to producers, including the reported Texas Panhandle Spot Price, West Texas Intermediate Crude Spot Price, New York Mercantile Exchange, or other spot prices, as applicable. The comptroller shall publish certifications under this subsection in the Texas Register.

(d) An operator of a qualifying low-producing lease is entitled to a 25 percent credit on the tax otherwise due on oil produced from that lease during a month if the average taxable price of oil certified by the comptroller under Subsection (c) for the previous three-month period is more than $25 per barrel but not more than $30 per barrel.

(e) An operator of a qualifying low-producing lease is entitled to a 50 percent credit on the tax otherwise due on oil produced from that lease during a month if the average taxable price of oil certified by the comptroller under Subsection (c) for the previous three-month period is more than $22 per barrel but not more than $25 per barrel.

(f) An operator of a qualifying low-producing lease is entitled to a 100 percent credit on the tax otherwise due on oil produced from that lease during a month if the average taxable price of oil certified by the comptroller under Subsection (c) for the previous three-month period is not more than $22 per barrel.

(g) If the tax is paid on oil at the full rate provided by Section 202.052, the person paying the tax is entitled to a credit against taxes imposed by this chapter or Chapter 201 on the amount overpaid. To receive the credit, the person must apply to the comptroller for the credit not later than the expiration of the applicable period for filing a tax refund under Section 111.104.

Subsec. (h) was repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 911 (H.B. 2982), Sec. 4. The effective date of the repeal was January 1, 2008, which was after the expiration of the section.

(h) This section expires September 1, 2007.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 911, Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2008.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 267 (H.B. 2161), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 911 (H.B. 2982), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2008.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 925), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.