78R10454 MTB-F


By:  Farabee                                                      H.B. No. 2846

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2846:                                   

By:  Jones of Bexar                                           C.S.H.B. No. 2846


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 The following are repealed: (1) Section 102.006, Utilities Code; and (2) Section 2003.0491, Government Code.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.