Amend CSHB 2984 (House committee printing) on page 7, between 
lines 4 and 5, by inserting the following:
	(f)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the commission, in 
order to protect the public health or the environment, including 
water in the state, in the event of an emergency may spend money in 
the fund in a manner that is inconsistent with that subsection if 
the commission determines that the expenditure is necessary to 
prevent, abate, or control the discharge or potential discharge of 
hydrocarbons or oil and gas waste from a well.  An expenditure of 
money under this subsection may not exceed $100,000 unless the 
commission first approves the expenditure at an open meeting, 
including an open emergency meeting, held for the purpose of 
approving the expenditure.  The chairman of the commission shall 
notify the presiding officer of the oil-field cleanup fund advisory 
committee of the expenditure of money under this subsection not 
later than 24 hours after the expenditure is made.