(a) Each application submitted by an operator of an exploration and production fluid transportation system equipped for carrying or pulling a transportation tank as defined by the Oil and Gas Commission's General Rules and Regulations, Rule E-3 shall be accompanied by an application fee for each transportation tank as determined by the Oil and Gas Commission in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
(b) Each application by a pipeline operator to construct or operate a jurisdictional pipeline system as defined by the Oil and Gas Commission's General Rules and Regulations, Rule D-17 shall be accompanied by a permit fee as determined by the commission in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(c)
(1) Each application for a hearing shall be accompanied by a fee as determined by the commission in an amount up to two dollars ($2.00) for each person whose address is provided by the applicant and the applicant has identified in the application or requested to receive a copy of the order from the hearing under the Oil and Gas Commission's General Rules Rule A-2(a)(5).
(2) Subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall not apply to an application filed by the commission.
(d) The fees collected under subsections (a)-(c) of this section are cash funds of the commission to use in any manner permissible under law.