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	Amend Floor Amendment by Merritt that is indicated as page 44 

in the Prefiled Amendment Packet for CSHB 3

	On line 5 of the Amendment, after "produced" insert the 

following:           

	", during the dates certified by the comptroller pursuant to 

(q-1),"  

	Strike lines 6 and 7 and renumber subsequent sections 

appropriately.         

	On line 7, after "Texas", insert the following:                                

	"or similar authority of another state"                                 

	On line 9, after "Texas", insert the following:                                

	"or similar authority of another state"                                 

	On line 12, after "Texas", insert the following:                               

	"or similar authority of another state"                                 

	After line 13, insert the following:                                           

	(q-1)(a)  The comptroller shall certify dates during which 

the monthly average closing price of West Texas Intermediate crude 

oil is below $40.00 per barrel and the average closing price of gas 

is below $5.00 per MMBtu, as recorded on the New York Mercantile 

Exchange (NYMEX).