1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the repeal of an obsolete provision authorizing a
 1-3     temporary reduction of the royalty rate on gas produced from
 1-4     certain state land.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 52.036, Natural Resources Code, is
 1-7     repealed.
 1-8           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 1-9     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-10     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-11     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-12     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1426 was passed by the House on May
         5, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1426 was passed by the Senate on May
         22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor