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TEXAS:
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, 1976 REVISION, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING
SECTION 35 -97, PARAGRAPH (k), SO AS TO INCREASE
THE FEE FOR A LAND DRILLING PERMIT FROM $300 TO
$500; AMENDING SECTION 35 -100, AMENDING DRILLING
PERMIT, THE FIRST SENTENCE THEREOF, BY CHANGING
THE SERVICE CHARGE FROM $50 TO $100 FOR AMENDING
AN UNEXPIRED AND UNUSED DRILLING PERMIT; AMENDING
SECTION 35 -420, AMENDED PERMIT -- UNUSED PERMIT,
THE FIRST SENTENCE THEREOF, BY CHANGING THE SERVICE
CHARGE FROM $50 TO $100 FOR THE HOLDER OF AN UNUSED,
UNEXPIRED DRILLING PERMIT TO OBTAIN AN AMENDED PERMIT;
AMENDING SECTION 35 =113, SEISMIC SURVEYS, THE SECOND
SENTENCE THEREOF, BY INCREASING THE APPLICATION FEE
FROM $50 TO $100; AMENDING ARTICLE III - BAY DRILLING,
DIVISION 16 PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, BY ADDING A NEW
SECTION TO BE NUMBERED 35-43 , ENTIT ED "ANNUAL
INSPECTION FEE "; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi,
1976 Revision, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending
paragraph (k), Section.35 -97, Division 5, DRILLING AND OPERATING PERMITS,
said amended paragraph (k) to hereafter read as follows:
"(k) All applications for permits to drill shall be accompanied
by filing fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) in cash or by cashier's check
made payable to the city."
SECTION 2. That Section 35 -100, AMENDING DRILLING PERMIT, be
amended by amending the first sentence so•as to provide for increase from
$50 to $100 for service charge for, amending an unexpired and unused drilling
permit, said first sentence to hereafter read as follows:
"The holder of an unexpired and unused drilling permit may,
upon application and payment of a One Hundred Dollar ($100) service
charge, obtain an amended drilling permit from the superintendent for the
purpose of changing the surface location from a regular or irregular location
to another regular location."
SECTION 3. That Section 35 -420, AMENDED PERMIT - UNUSED PERMIT,
be amended by amending the first sentence so as to provide for increase
from $50 to $100 for the holder of an unused, unexpired drilling permit to
obtain an amended permit, said first sentence to hereafter read as follows:
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"The holder of an unused, unexpired drilling permit may, upon
application and payment of a service charge of One Hundred Dollars ($100),
obtain an amended permit from the superintendent for the purpose of changing
the surface location from one regular or irregular location to another
regular location."
SECTION 4. That Section 35 -113, SEISMIC SURVEYS, be amended by
amending the second sentence so as to increase the application fee from
$50 to $100, said second sentence to hereafter read as follows:
"Other geophysical systems employing the 'thumper,' 'vibroseis'
and other techniques not employing explosives will be permitted upon proper
application and the payment of.a One Hundred Dollar ($100) application fee."
SECTION 5. That Article III - BAY DRILLING, Division 16, PERMITS
AND INSPECTIONS, be amended by adding a new section, to be numbered
35 -431, entitled ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE, and reading as follows:
"Section 35 -431. ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE.
"There is hereby levied an annual per well inspection fee of .
Twenty -Five Dollars ($25) which shall be due and payable during the month
of January of each calendar year, and a failure to pay such fee shall'
be cause for revocation of any permit issued under this article. The
superintendent will prepare an annual well inspection report which is to
be made available to the operators prior to January 1st of each year.
In the event an intent to plug and abandon a well has been filed with
the superintendent prior to January 31st, but which abandonment may not
have been completed by January 31st, payment of said Twenty -Five Dollars
($25) fee for that well shall be excused provided such well is finally
plugged and abandoned in accordance with this article prior to March 1st
of that same year. A new well on which drilling operations are in progress
on the 31st day of January shall be exempt from the Twenty -Five Dollar
($25) fee for the remainder of that calendar year."
SECTION 6. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith be and the same are repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 7. Publication shall be made one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christi, by publishing the caption of
this ordinance, stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance.
That the foregoing ordinance was read for h first time and passed to its
second reading on this the 11 of 192_, by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
Eduardo de Ases
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Bob Gulley
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Edward L. Sample
That the foregoing ordinance was read for he second time and passed to its
third reading on this the .04 day of , 1917_, by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
Eduardo de Ases
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Bob Gulley
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Edward L. Sample
That the fore oing ordinanc s read for the third time and passed finally
on this theday of 1971, by the following vote:
Jason Luby
Eduardo de Ases
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Bob Gulley
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Edward L. Sample Al
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the v2/ day of D�Ltl�lJr�tf� , 19�_
ATTEST:
City Secretary
AP7f1D DAY OF 19-7L
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
r
By
Assistant City Attorney
MAYOR
sou CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
1-408:
This ordinance is in effect and
force with or without the
signature of the Mayor, in
accordance with Article II
Section 6 of the City Charter.
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT I , C. ".rpu,� jq i-�:, *
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STATE OF TEAS,
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ........ . . . ...... . .........
Gloria Garza
..................... who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that be is the
..Av..C..Q.v_K1U1G9 . . ... . ........ of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
LEGALS..NCTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 14083 AMENDING THE..DRILLING PER4IT.
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of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in Caller—Times
on the-2.3-. day of Ae_9JtM!!qXL_..._..._. 19_2.a an4M&X4K% .......
. ._............Times.
$_22.06
Subscribed and sworn to before me this__
Eugenia S. 1,orte,
NOTICE OF PA?SASE
OF ORDINANCE NC- `4089
AMENDING IHE GCE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF "
.CORPUS CHRISTI, 1976 REV 1-
r.R , AS AMENDED, BY
NDING SECTION 35-97,
AGRAPH (k), SO AS TO
EASE THE FEE FOR A
D DRILLING PERMIT
M 5300 TO M; AMEND-
ING SECTION 35.100, AMEND•
NG DRILLING PERMIT,
HE FIRST SENTENCE
HEREOF, BV CHANGING
HE SERVICE CHARGE
ROM SSG TO S100 FOR
AMENDING SECTION 35420,
AMENDED PERMIT- -
UNUSED PERMIT, THE
FIRST SENTENCE THERE-
OF, BY CHANGING THE
SERVICE CHARGE FROM
S50 TO $100 FOR THE HOLD-
ER OF AN UNUSED, UNEX-
PIRIED DRILLING PERMIT
TO OBTAIN AN AMENDED
PERMIT: AMENDING SEC-
TION 35-113, SEISMIC SUR-
VEYS, THE SECOND SEN-
TENCE THEREOF, BY
INCREASING THE APPLI-
CATION FEE FROM S50 TO
5100; AMENDING ARTICLE
111 . BAY DRILLING, DIVI-
SION 16, PERMITS AND IN-
SPECTIONS, BY ADDING A
NEW SECTION TO BE NUM-
'BERED 35.431, ENTITLED
"ANNUAL INSPECTION
FEE ", REPEALING ALLOR-
DINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION.
WAS PASSED AND APPROV-
ED by The City Council of the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
during the Regular Council
Meeting held on December 21,
1977, eT 2:00 P•m. and Provides
that h shell be In full force and
effect from and after Its pas-
sage and publl®tlon one time In
the official publkatlon of the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND
AND SEAL of the City of Cor-
pu lsti, Taxes, thls 22nd day
of. 1977.,
-s -Big G. Read,
City Secretary
Carpus Christi, Texas