By:  Bernsen                                          S.B. No. 1799
         2001S0742/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the final report and abolishment of the Spindletop
 1-3     Centennial Celebration Commission.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 7, Chapter 569, Acts of
 1-6     the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (a)  As soon after May 1 [December 31], 2001, as the
 1-9     commission determines that it has completed its work and has
1-10     satisfied its financial obligations, but not later than July 1,
1-11     2001 [March 31, 2002], the commission shall file with the secretary
1-12     of state a final report verified by a certified public accountant
1-13     that shows:
1-14                 (1)  the total amount of contributions received by the
1-15     commission during the commission's existence;
1-16                 (2)  the total amount of expenditures made by the
1-17     commission from nonappropriated funds; and
1-18                 (3)  the total amount of nonappropriated funds
1-19     remaining in the commission's possession.
1-20           SECTION 2.  Section 9, Chapter 569, Acts of the 75th
1-21     Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1-22           Sec. 9.  EXPIRATION.  This Act expires and the commission is
1-23     abolished July 1, 2001 [March 31, 2002].
1-24           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-25     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-1     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-2     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-3     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.