H.B. No. 1481         AN ACT   relating to the abolition of the fee established by the   commissioner of the General Land Office for processing applications   for terminal facility discharge prevention and response   certificates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 40.112, Natural Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 40.112.  ISSUANCE. On compliance with Sections 40.109   through 40.111 [of this code and on payment of the certificate   application fee], the commissioner shall issue the applicant a   discharge prevention and response certificate covering the   terminal facility.          SECTION 2.  Section 40.110(e), Natural Resources Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1481 was passed by the House on April   27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1481 was passed by the Senate on May   24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor