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 Section 52.036, Natural Resources Code, is 1-13 repealed. 1-14 SECTION 2.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. 1-19 * * * * *