1-1     By:  Lindsay                                           S.B. No. 868
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2001; February 26, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     April 30, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 4,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 30, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the repeal of an obsolete provision authorizing a
 1-9     temporary reduction of the royalty rate on gas produced from
1-10     certain state land.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 52.036, Natural Resources Code, is
1-13     repealed.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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