By Lewis of Orange H.B. No. 1782 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the reporting of natural gas volumes. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 121.102 Subchapter C, Utilities Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Subsection (7) to read as follows: 1-6 (7) Any requirement that the reporting entity report gas 1-7 volumes or quantities pursuant to this or any other statute or rule 1-8 may be satisfied by reporting either the number of cubic feet or 1-9 the number of British thermal units as shown on the readily 1-10 available books and records of the reporting entity. 1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect 09-01-99. 1-12 SECTION 3. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. The importance of this 1-13 legislation and the crowded condition of the calendars in both 1-14 houses create an emergency and an imperative public necessity that 1-15 the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-17 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-18 passage, and it is so enacted.