By: Davis  S.B. No. 2432
         (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
  May 12, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 12, 2009,
  sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2432 By:  Averitt
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the application to political subdivisions of this state
  of the law governing pooling of mineral interests.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsections (a), (c), and (d), Section 102.004,
  Natural Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
               (1)  land owned by the State of Texas;
               (2)  [nor to] land in which the State of Texas has an
  interest directly or indirectly;
               (3)  land held by a political subdivision of this state
  pursuant to Subtitle E, Title 1, Tax Code; or
               (4)  land owned or held by a political subdivision of
  this state that is subject to a right of reverter.
         (c)  The provisions of this chapter do not amend, repeal,
  change, alter, or affect in any manner the authority, jurisdiction,
  or consent of:
               (1)  the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the
  pooling of any interest now subject to the jurisdiction, authority,
  or consent of the Commissioner of the General Land Office; or
               (2)  a political subdivision of this state on the
  pooling of any interest owned by the political subdivision.
         (d)  With the approval or consent first obtained, or at the
  instance of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, or any
  board or agency having jurisdiction, the land in which the State of
  Texas has an interest as described in this chapter may be pooled
  under the provisions of this chapter. A political subdivision of
  this state may consent to land being pooled under the provisions of
  this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.
 
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