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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 1GENERAL LAND OFFICE
CHAPTER 3GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER CSERVICES AND PRODUCTS
RULE §3.31Fees

    (D) Spanish Collection Catalogue (Part II): $15.

    (E) New Guide to Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in South Texas: $15.

  (16) Publication or Broadcast Fee (Image Use Fee): For use of a GLO archival image (map or document) in a book, magazine, motion picture, television broadcast, video, website, reproduction for resale, or other promotional advertising use:

    (A) Non-profit organizations, college or university presses, governmental entities, news media, private individuals: no charge.

    (B) For profit organizations: $50 per image per use.

  (17) Geophysical and geochemical exploration:

    (A) Non-Relinquishment Act lands:

      (i) permit application filing fee: $100.

      (ii) exploration and surface/bottom damage fees for unleased tracts in bays, other tideland areas, and the Gulf of Mexico.

        (I) high velocity energy sources:

          (-a-) $5.00 per acre in bays and other tideland areas;

          (-b-) $2.00 per acre in the Gulf of Mexico;

        (II) low velocity energy sources:

          (-a-) $2.50 per acre in bays and other tideland areas;

          (-b-) $1.00 per acre in the Gulf of Mexico;

        (III) other exploration techniques: negotiable;

      (iii) surface damage fees for unleased uplands:

        (I) vibroseis: $2.50 per acre;

        (II) high velocity energy sources: $5.00 per acre;

        (III) gravity meter and/or magnetometer: fair market value, but not less than $2.50 per acre;

      (iv) other exploration techniques: negotiable.

    (B) Relinquishment Act lands:

      (i) permit application filing fee: $100;

      (ii) all fees for actual surface damages to personal property, improvements, livestock, and crops on unleased Relinquishment Act lands, if any, are to be negotiated with the surface owner. Any fees in excess of those attributable to the types of surface damages listed in this paragraph must be shared equally with the state.

  (18) Miscellaneous services, products and fees:

    (A) In-kind contract maintenance fee. Processing and accounting for in-kind oil, gas, and other related product contracts, from purchaser of state-owned products unless deemed unnecessary by the Commissioner: per barrel delivered: $.05; per MMBTU delivered: $.03.

    (B) Relinquishment Act lease processing fee: $100.

    (C) Highway right-of-way lease processing fee, including preparation of lease: $500.

    (D) Pooling application processing fee, including preparation and filing of pooling agreements: $500.

    (E) Oil, gas, and mineral lease application and filing fee, including processing, lease preparation, and filing of any oil, gas, or mineral lease not subject to other processing or nomination fees: $100.

    (F) Tract nomination fee, oil, gas, or mineral sealed bid lease sale fee: $100.

    (G) Prospect permit filing fee: $50.

    (H) Insufficient check fee (for each check returned): $25.

    (I) The Fees for any other services or products not listed herein shall be collected as posted on the public web site of the General Land Office.


Source Note: The provisions of this §3.31 adopted to be effective January 24, 2002, 27 TexReg 479; amended to be effective September 10, 2002, 27 TexReg 8596; amended to be effective December 14, 2003, 28 TexReg 10947; amended to be effective May 9, 2004, 29 TexReg 4228; amended to be effective September 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 9011; amended to be effective November 27, 2005, 30 TexReg 7744; amended to be effective May 25, 2006, 31 TexReg 4221; amended to be effective December 24, 2006, 31 TexReg 10339; amended to be effective April 11, 2007, 32 TexReg 2011; amended to be effective March 30, 2011, 36 TexReg 1992; amended to be effective July 28, 2011, 36 TexReg 4667; amended to be effectiveMarch 10, 2014, 39 TexReg 1723; amended to be effective April 19, 2015, 40 TexReg 2095

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