Amend HB 2436 (Senate Committee Printing) by striking Section
3 of the bill and substituting the following:
      SECTION 3.  (a)  The Bureau of Economic Geology of The
University of Texas at Austin is required to conduct the study and
make the reports required by this Act only if the legislature
appropriates money specifically for that purpose.  If the
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the bureau may, but is not required to, implement this Act
using other appropriations available for the purpose.
      (b)  The persons required to appoint the members of the East
Texas Oil Field Advisory Committee created under this Act shall
appoint the members only if the Bureau of Economic Geology of The
University of Texas at Austin is required or chooses to implement
this Act as provided by Subsection (a) of this section.