Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 40.152 — USE OF FUND

NR § 40.152Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part C. ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 40. OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE ACT OF 1991 · Art. D. PAYMENT OF COSTS AND DAMAGES

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(a)Money in the fund may be disbursed for the following purposes and no others:

(1)administrative expenses, personnel and training expenses, and equipment maintenance and operating costs related to implementation and enforcement of this chapter;

(2)response costs related to abatement and containment of actual or threatened unauthorized discharges of oil incidental to unauthorized discharges of hazardous substances;

(3)response costs and damages related to actual or threatened unauthorized discharges of oil;

(4)assessment, restoration, rehabilitation, or replacement of or mitigation of damage to natural resources damaged by an unauthorized discharge of oil;

(5)in an amount not to exceed $50,000 annually, the small spill education program;

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 15.01, eff. August 29, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1268 (H.B. 3385), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.