By Armbrister S.B. No. 290 77R1822 DAK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to providing mandatory venue for a civil action arising 1-3 under an oil and gas lease. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 15, Civil Practice and 1-6 Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 15.0116 to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 Sec. 15.0116. OIL AND GAS LEASES. An action arising under an 1-9 oil and gas lease shall be brought in a county in which all or a 1-10 part of the real property subject to the lease is located. 1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-12 applies only to a suit that is commenced on or after that date. A 1-13 suit that is commenced before the effective date of this Act is 1-14 governed by the law applicable to the suit immediately before the 1-15 effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for 1-16 that purpose.