By Craddick H.R. No. 1281 75R17326 JHS-F R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The conference committee on House Bill 1 unanimously 1-2 adopted a rider to Article VI regarding the disclosure of 1-3 contractual information related to the processing, purchase, or 1-4 transportation of natural gas; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The rider states that none of the funds appropriated 1-6 may be expended for the purpose of requiring natural gas gatherers, 1-7 processors, or transmission-line operators to disclose the volumes, 1-8 rates, receipt points, delivery points, or any other contractual 1-9 information regarding the processing, purchase, or transportation 1-10 of natural gas unless required by the Railroad Commission of Texas 1-11 as a result of a specific complaint filed with the commission by a 1-12 producer of natural gas or as provided by the Gas Utility 1-13 Regulatory Act; and 1-14 WHEREAS, During a subsequent meeting, the members of the 1-15 committee reached agreement concerning the stipulations of the 1-16 rider and related issues; and 1-17 WHEREAS, Under terms of the agreement, the rider is removed 1-18 from House Bill 1 and (1) the Railroad Commission of Texas may 1-19 adopt its proposed Code of Conduct (C)(1)-(5) but may not require 1-20 public disclosure or reporting of natural gas gathering or 1-21 contractual information relating to the transportation of natural 1-22 gas; (2) the commission shall conduct thorough competitiveness 1-23 studies of the various commission districts to determine if 1-24 discrimination exists in any of said districts; and (3) the Senate 2-1 Natural Resources Committee and the House Energy Resources 2-2 Committee will study this subject during the legislative interim 2-3 and will report their findings to the state legislature by the 2-4 beginning of the 76th Legislative Session; now, therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-6 Legislature hereby express its intent regarding Article VI of House 2-7 Bill 1 and the previously mentioned rider and declare that, in 2-8 order to allow the members of the legislature to conduct their 2-9 interim studies and consider the findings of those studies and in 2-10 order for the Railroad Commission of Texas to conduct its regional 2-11 competitiveness studies, prior to September 1, 1999, the Railroad 2-12 Commission of Texas may not require the disclosure or reporting of 2-13 contractual information relating to natural gas gathering or 2-14 transportation issues such as volumes, rates, processing, receipt 2-15 points, delivery points, or other contractual information, except 2-16 as currently required by the commission to implement the Gas 2-17 Utility Regulatory Act, or as reasonably necessary to respond to a 2-18 specific complaint filed by a producer of natural gas, or as 2-19 reasonably necessary for pipeline safety or the collection of tax 2-20 information for the comptroller of public accounts; and, be it 2-21 further 2-22 RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the house forward an 2-23 official copy of this resolution to each commissioner of the 2-24 Railroad Commission of Texas.