75R8473 MI-D By Torres H.B. No. 1743 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1743: By Torres C.S.H.B. No. 1743 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the repeal of the in-state need lease restriction on 1-3 the sale of casinghead gas or natural gas out of the state. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 52.291-52.294 and 52.296, Natural 1-6 Resources Code, are repealed. 1-7 SECTION 2. The terms of any oil and gas lease executed 1-8 before the effective date of this Act that impose the requirements 1-9 of Sections 52.291-52.294 and 52.296, Natural Resources Code, are 1-10 null and void. 1-11 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-12 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.