Amend SB 862 on third reading as follows:
      Add a new section, appropriately numbered, to the effective
date provisions of the bill, to read as follows:
      SECTION ____.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
201.057, Tax Code, takes effect September 1, 1997. A person who is
otherwise qualified to file an application for certification of
high-cost gas with the Railroad Commission of Texas may file an
application under Section 201.057, Tax Code, as amended by this
Act, regardless of the date on which the gas was first produced.