Texas § HS.382.062 - APPLICATION, PERMIT, AND INSPECTION FEES

§ HS.382.062. APPLICATION, PERMIT, AND INSPECTION FEES

APPLICATION, PERMIT, AND INSPECTION FEES. (a) The commission shall adopt, charge, and collect a fee for: (1) each application for: (A) a permit or permit amendment, revision, or modification not subject to Title IV or V of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 7651 et seq. and 7661 et seq.); (B) a renewal review of a permit issued under Section 382.0518 not subject to Title IV or V of the federal Clean Air Act; (2) inspections of a federal source performed to enforce this chapter or rules adopted by the commission under this chapter until the federal source is required to obtain an operating permit under Section 382.054 ; and (3) inspections performed to enforce this chapter or rules adopted by the commission under this chapter at a facility not required to obtain an operating permit under Section 382.054 . (b) The commission may adopt rules relating to charging and collecting a fee for an exemption, for a permit, for a permit by rule, for a voluntary emissions reduction permit, for a multiple plant permit, or for a standard permit and for a variance. (c) For purposes of the fees, the commission shall treat two or more facilities that compose an integrated system or process as a single facility if a structure, device, item of equipment, or enclosure that constitutes or contains a given stationary source operates in conjunction with and is functionally integrated with one or more other similar structures, devices, items of equipment, or enclosures. (d) A fee assessed under this section may not be less than $25 or more than $75,000. (e) The commission by rule shall establish the fees to be collected under Subsection (a) in amounts sufficient to recover: (1) the reasonable costs to review and act on a variance application and enforce the terms and conditions of the variance; and (2) not less than 50 percent of the commission's actual annual expenditures to: (A) review and act on permits or special permits; (B) amend and review permits; (C) inspect permitted, exempted, and specially permitted facilities; and (D) enforce the rules and orders adopted and permits, special permits, and exemptions issued under this chapter, excluding rules and orders adopted and permits required under Title IV or V of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 7651 et seq. and 7661 et seq.). Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 2.18, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 485, Sec. 24, eff. June 9, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.172, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 406, Sec. 8, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.