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                                                                  H.B. No. 2846




AN ACT

relating to the authority of the State Office of Administrative 
Hearings to conduct certain hearings over which the Railroad 
Commission of Texas has jurisdiction.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The following are repealed:                                        
		(1)  Section 102.006, Utilities Code; and                                     
		(2)  Section 2003.0491, Government Code.                                      
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
	(b)  This Act applies to a hearing pending before the State 
Office of Administrative Hearings on the effective date of this Act 
under Section 102.006, Utilities Code, as that section existed 
immediately before the effective date of this Act. A hearing 
pending before the State Office of Administrative Hearings on the 
effective date of this Act under Section 102.006, Utilities Code, 
is transferred to the Railroad Commission of Texas on that date.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2846 was passed by the House on May 8, 
2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 0, 1 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2846 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor