Section 12.108 - Permit Fees(a) Application Fees. Each application for a surface coal mining and reclamation permit or renewal or revision of a permit shall be accompanied by a fee. The initial application fee and the application fee for renewal of a permit may be paid in equal annual installments during the term of the permit. The fee schedule is as follows: (1) application for a permit: $5,000.(2) application for revision of a permit: $500.(3) application for renewal of a permit: $3,000.(b) Annual Fees. In addition to application fees required by this section, each permittee shall pay to the Commission the following annual fees due and payable not later than March 15th of the year following the calendar year for which these fees are applicable: (1) a fee of $12.85 for each acre of land within a permit area covered by a reclamation bond on December 31st of the year, based on the number of bonded acres of land identified by the applicant on the map included in the permit as required by §12.142(2)(C) of this chapter (relating to Operation Plan: Maps and Plans) and approved by the Commission; and(2) a fee of $6,170 for each permit in effect on December 31st of the year.(c) Fees paid to the Commission under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general revenue fund.16 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.108
The provisions of this §12.108 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093; amended to be effective July 28, 2003, 28 TexReg 5870; amended to be effective September 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 8280; amended to be effective January 1, 2006, 30 TexReg 8430; amended to be effective November 12, 2007, 32 TexReg 8123; amended to be effective December 28, 2009, 34 TexReg 9408; amended to be effective January 30, 2012, 37 TexReg 317; amended to be effective December 16, 2013, 38 TexReg 9011; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 47, November 20, 2015, TexReg 8202, eff. 11/23/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 51, December 22, 2017, TexReg 7385, eff. 12/25/2017; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 01, January 3, 2020, TexReg 146, eff. 1/6/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 52, December 25, 2020, TexReg 9505, eff. 12/28/2020