By:  Madla                                            S.B. No. 1400
         2001S0757/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the statute of limitations for actions arising under
 1-3     certain oil and gas leases.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 16.004, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 1-7           (d)  For purposes of this section, the limitations period on
 1-8     a cause of action arising under an oil and gas lease does not begin
 1-9     to run until the lease expires, terminates, or otherwise ceases to
1-10     exist.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.