Amend CSHB 3582 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and  renumbering the
remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION _____.  Section 53.001, Natural Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows:
            (4) "Surface mining" means the mining of minerals by
removing the overburden lying above the natural deposit of minerals
and mining directly from the natural deposits that are exposed.
The term does not include in situ mining activities.
      SECTION _____.  Sections 53.065 (b) and (c), Natural
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
      (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), under <Under> a
lease executed under this subchapter on or after September 1, 1987,
the lessee shall pay:
            (1) to the state 80 percent of all bonuses agreed to be
paid for the lease and 80 percent of all rentals and royalties that
are payable under the lease; and
            (2) <.  The lessee shall pay> to the owner of the
surface 20 percent of all bonuses agreed to be paid for the lease
and 20 percent of all rentals and royalties payable under the
lease.
      (c) Under a lease executed under this subchapter on or after
September 1, 1999, for the exploration and production by surface
mining of coal, lignite, potash, sulphur, thorium, or uranium, the
lessee shall pay:
            (1) to the state 60 percent of all bonuses agreed to be
paid for the lease and 60 percent of all rentals and royalties that
are payable under the lease; and
            (2) to the owner of the surface 40 percent of all
bonuses agreed to be paid for the lease and 40 percent of all
rentals and royalties payable under the lease.
      (d) If production is obtained, the state shall receive not
less than one-sixteenth of the value of the minerals produced.