1-1     By:  Bernsen                                          S.B. No. 1799
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed April 9, 2001; April 10, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     April 23, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 23, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the final report and abolishment of the Spindletop
 1-9     Centennial Celebration Commission.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 7, Chapter 569, Acts of
1-12     the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as
1-13     follows:
1-14           (a)  As soon after May 1 [December 31], 2001, as the
1-15     commission determines that it has completed its work and has
1-16     satisfied its financial obligations, but not later than July 1,
1-17     2001 [March 31, 2002], the commission shall file with the secretary
1-18     of state a final report verified by a certified public accountant
1-19     that shows:
1-20                 (1)  the total amount of contributions received by the
1-21     commission during the commission's existence;
1-22                 (2)  the total amount of expenditures made by the
1-23     commission from nonappropriated funds; and
1-24                 (3)  the total amount of nonappropriated funds
1-25     remaining in the commission's possession.
1-26           SECTION 2.  Section 9, Chapter 569, Acts of the 75th
1-27     Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1-28           Sec. 9.  EXPIRATION.  This Act expires and the commission is
1-29     abolished July 1, 2001 [March 31, 2002].
1-30           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-31     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-32     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-33     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-34     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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